Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kupros
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *kuprós, whence also Proto-Celtic *kubros (“desired, desiring”).[1] The root is *kwep- (“to boil”).
Adjective
[edit]*kupros
Declension
[edit]Declension of *kupros (o/ā-stem)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *kupros | *kuprā | *kuprom |
| Vocative | *kupre | *kupra | *kuprom |
| Accusative | *kuprom | *kupram | *kuprom |
| Genitive | *kuprosjo, kuprī | *kuprās | *kuprosjo, kuprī |
| Dative | *kuprōi | *kuprāi | *kuprōi |
| Ablative | *kuprōd | *kuprād | *kuprōd |
| Locative | *kuprei | *kuprāi | *kuprei |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *kuprōs, kuproi | *kuprās | *kuprā |
| Vocative | *kuprōs, kuproi | *kuprās | *kuprā |
| Accusative | *kuprons | *kuprans | *kuprā |
| Genitive | *kuprom | *kuprāzōm | *kuprom |
| Dative | *kuprois | *kuprais | *kuprois |
| Ablative | *kuprois | *kuprais | *kuprois |
| Locative | *kuprois | *kuprais | *kuprois |
Descendants
[edit]- → Latin: Cupra (borrowed from South Picene)
- ⇒ South Picene: 𐌊𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌝 (kuprí), 𐌒𐌖𐌐𐌝𐌓𐌝𐌇 (qupíríh, “well”) (adverb in *-ēd)
- Umbrian: 𐌂𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌀𐌔 (cupras), cubrar (gen. sg. f.)
References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cupiō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 155