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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/dwipōts

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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

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Etymology

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From *dwi- +‎ *pets (foot) (which formerly had an ablaut allomorph *pōd- or *pod-).

Adjective

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*dwipōts

  1. bipedal

Declension

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Declension of *dwipōts (consonant stem)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *dwipōts *dwipōts *dwipōd
vocative *dwipōts *dwipōts *dwipōd
accusative *dwipōdem *dwipōdem *dwipōd
genitive *dwipōdes, dwipōdos *dwipōdes, dwipōdos *dwipōdes, dwipōdos
dative *dwipōdei *dwipōdei *dwipōdei
ablative *dwipōdi? dwipōde? *dwipōdi? dwipōde? *dwipōdi? dwipōde?
locative *dwipōdi? dwipōde? *dwipōdi? dwipōde? *dwipōdi? dwipōde?
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *dwipōdes *dwipōdes *dwipōdā
vocative *dwipōdes *dwipōdes *dwipōdā
accusative *dwipōdens *dwipōdens *dwipōdā
genitive *dwipōdom *dwipōdom *dwipōdom
dative *dwipōdəβos *dwipōdβos *dwipōdβos
ablative *dwipōdəβos *dwipōdβos *dwipōdβos
locative *dwipōdəβos *dwipōdβos *dwipōdβos

Descendants

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  • Latin: bipēs (with second element analogically replaced with pēs[1]) (see there for further descendants)
  • Umbrian: dupursus (dat. pl.)

References

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  1. ^ Untermann, Jürgen (2000) “U. dupursus”, in Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen [Dictionary of Oscan-Umbrian] (Handbuch der italischen Dialekte; 3), Heidelberg: Winter, →ISBN, page 192