Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/sūs

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 *suH-.

Noun

*sūs m or f^[1]

pig

Inflection

The Indo-European root *suH- manifests as *sū- before consonant-initial endings and breaks into *suw- before vowel-initial endings.

Declension of *sūs (consonant stem, irregular)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sūs	*suwes
vocative	*sūs	*suwes
accusative	*sūm	*sūns
genitive	*suwes, suwos	*suwom
dative	*suwei	*sūβos
ablative	*suwi? suwe?	*sūβos
locative	*suwi? suwe?	*sūβos

Descendants

Latin: sūs (see there for further descendants)
Umbrian: 𐌔𐌉𐌌 (sim, acc. sg), 𐌔𐌉𐌚 (sif, acc. pl)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sūs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 603

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sūs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 603

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