Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/arawos

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 *araō (“to plough”) +‎ *-wos (adjective-forming suffix), ultimately from the root Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”).

Adjective

*arawos

1. ploughable

Declension

Declension of *arawos (o/ā-stem)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*arawos	*arawā	*arawom
vocative	*arawe	*arawa	*arawom
accusative	*arawom	*arawam	*arawom
genitive	*arawosjo, arawī	*arawās	*arawosjo, arawī
dative	*arawōi	*arawāi	*arawōi
ablative	*arawōd	*arawād	*arawōd
locative	*arawei	*arawāi	*arawei
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*arawōs, arawoi	*arawās	*arawā
vocative	*arawōs, arawoi	*arawās	*arawā
accusative	*arawons	*arawans	*arawā
genitive	*arawom	*arawāzōm	*arawom
dative	*arawois	*arawais	*arawois
ablative	*arawois	*arawais	*arawois
locative	*arawois	*arawais	*arawois

Reconstruction notes

• Reconstructing *arowos (< *h₂erh₃-ew-os) will also yield the descendants but the morphological derivation becomes complex this way.

Descendants

• Latin: arvus
• Umbrian: 𐌀𐌓𐌅𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌍 f (arvamen, acc. sg. with postposed 𐌄𐌍 (en)), 𐌀𐌓𐌅𐌄𐌍 f (arven, loc. sg. with postposed 𐌄𐌍 (en))