Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/proβwos

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 Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰuH-ó-s (“being in front”), from *pro- (“forward”) + *bʰuH- (“to be”).

Adjective

*proβwos

1. favourable
2. correct

Reconstruction notes

The -βw- cluster was simplified to *-β- at some point.

Inflection

Declension of *proβwos (o/ā-stem)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*proβwos	*proβwā	*proβwom
vocative	*proβwe	*proβwa	*proβwom
accusative	*proβwom	*proβwam	*proβwom
genitive	*proβwosjo, proβwī	*proβwās	*proβwosjo, proβwī
dative	*proβwōi	*proβwāi	*proβwōi
ablative	*proβwōd	*proβwād	*proβwōd
locative	*proβwei	*proβwāi	*proβwei
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*proβwōs, proβwoi	*proβwās	*proβwā
vocative	*proβwōs, proβwoi	*proβwās	*proβwā
accusative	*proβwons	*proβwans	*proβwā
genitive	*proβwom	*proβwāzōm	*proβwom
dative	*proβwois	*proβwais	*proβwois
ablative	*proβwois	*proβwais	*proβwois
locative	*proβwois	*proβwais	*proβwois

Derived terms

• *proβw-āō (factitive verb)
• *proβw-ēd (“correctly, properly”, adverb)
  • Latin: probē
  • Umbrian: 𐌐𐌓𐌖𐌚𐌄 (prufe)
  • ⇒ *ən-proβw-ēd (“incorrectly, improperly”)
    • Latin: improbē
    • Oscan: amprufid

Descendants

• Latin: probus
• Paelignian: pros