Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/peku

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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 Proto-Indo-European *péḱu (cattle).[1]

Noun

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*peku n

  1. cattle

Declension

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u-stemDeclension of *peku (u-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *peku (pekū?) *pekwā, pekūā?
vocative *peku (pekū?) *pekwā, pekūā?
accusative *peku (pekū?) *pekwā, pekūā?
genitive *pekous, pekwos *pekwom (pekowom?)
dative *pekowei *pekuβos
ablative *pekūd *pekuβos
locative *pekou? *pekuβos

Descendants

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  • Latin: pecū
  • Umbrian: 𐌐𐌄𐌒𐌏 (peqo, wealth, acc. pl.)

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pecu (pecū)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454