Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/klāwos
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Proto-Italic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“to close”).
Adjective
[edit]*klāwos[1]
- capable of closing something
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *klāwos (o/ā-stem)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *klāwos | *klāwā | *klāwom |
Vocative | *klāwe | *klāwa | *klāwom |
Accusative | *klāwom | *klāwam | *klāwom |
Genitive | *klāwosjo, klāwī | *klāwās | *klāwosjo, klāwī |
Dative | *klāwōi | *klāwāi | *klāwōi |
Ablative | *klāwōd | *klāwād | *klāwōd |
Locative | *klāwei | *klāwāi | *klāwei |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *klāwōs, klāwoi | *klāwās | *klāwā |
Vocative | *klāwōs, klāwoi | *klāwās | *klāwā |
Accusative | *klāwons | *klāwans | *klāwā |
Genitive | *klāwom | *klāwāzōm | *klāwom |
Dative | *klāwois | *klāwais | *klāwois |
Ablative | *klāwois | *klāwais | *klāwois |
Locative | *klāwois | *klāwais | *klāwois |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]This adjective is reconstructed by De Vaan to serve as a unified derivational base for the entire word family of Latin clāvus, clāva, clāvulus, clāvula etc., and Umbrian 𐌊𐌋𐌀𐌅𐌋𐌀𐌚 (klavlaf).
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “clāvus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 119