Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/skaiwos

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

An exact cognate can be found in Ancient Greek σκαιός (skaiós), but trying to identify a root is problematic. De Vaan's comparison to descendants of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃ih₂ (“shade”)^[1] runs into the problem of having an incompatible root laryngeal (which De Vaan thinks was *h₂ instead of *h₃).

Adjective

*skaiwos

left
Synonym: *nerteros
auspicious

Declension

Declension of *skaiwos (o/ā-stem)
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*skaiwos	*skaiwā	*skaiwom
vocative	*skaiwe	*skaiwa	*skaiwom
accusative	*skaiwom	*skaiwam	*skaiwom
genitive	*skaiwosjo, skaiwī	*skaiwās	*skaiwosjo, skaiwī
dative	*skaiwōi	*skaiwāi	*skaiwōi
ablative	*skaiwōd	*skaiwād	*skaiwōd
locative	*skaiwei	*skaiwāi	*skaiwei

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*skaiwōs, skaiwoi	*skaiwās	*skaiwā
vocative	*skaiwōs, skaiwoi	*skaiwās	*skaiwā
accusative	*skaiwons	*skaiwans	*skaiwā
genitive	*skaiwom	*skaiwāzōm	*skaiwom
dative	*skaiwois	*skaiwais	*skaiwois
ablative	*skaiwois	*skaiwais	*skaiwois
locative	*skaiwois	*skaiwais	*skaiwois

Descendants

Faliscan: (as a female name) 𐌔𐌂𐌄𐌖𐌀 (sceua, nom. sg.), 𐌔𐌂𐌄𐌉𐌖𐌀𐌉 (sceiuai, gen. sg.)
Latin: scaevus
Paelignian: Scaifia

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “scaevus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 541