Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/agros

This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros.

Noun

*agros m^[1]

field

Declension

o-stemDeclension of *agros (o-stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*agros	*agrōs, agroi
vocative	*agre	*agrōs, agroi
accusative	*agrom	*agrons
genitive	*agrosjo, agrī	*agrom
dative	*agrōi	*agrois
ablative	*agrōd	*agrois
locative	*agrei	*agrois

Descendants

Latin: ager (see there for further descendants)
Osco-Umbrian:
- Umbrian: 𐌀𐌂𐌄𐌓 (acer, nom.sg.), 𐌀𐌂𐌓𐌄 (acre, gen.sg)
- South Picene: akren (loc.sg. + *en)
⇒ *agrolos m (“small plot of land”, noun)^[2]
- Latin: agellus (see there for further descendants)
- Oscan: 𐌀𐌂𐌄𐌓𐌋𐌋𐌞𐌃 (agerllúd, ablative singular)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ager, -grī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 29
^ Meiser, Gerhard (2017 October 23) “47. The phonology of Italic”, in Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics‎^[1], De Gruyter, page 748: “Lat[in] agellus‘small plot of land’ <*agerlo- < *agr̥lo-<*agrolo-. Oscan and Umbrian show the same develop ment r̥>er, cf. O[scan] agerllúd abl[ative] s[in]g[ular]”

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ager, -grī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 29

[2] Meiser, Gerhard (2017 October 23) “47. The phonology of Italic”, in Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics‎^[1], De Gruyter, page 748: “Lat[in] agellus‘small plot of land’ <*agerlo- < *agr̥lo-<*agrolo-. Oscan and Umbrian show the same develop ment r̥>er, cf. O[scan] agerllúd abl[ative] s[in]g[ular]”

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