Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/swerjos

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sweryos, from *swer-.

Adjective

*swerjos (comparative *swerjōs, superlative *swerisəmos)

grave, earnest, serious

Declension

Declension of *swerjos (o/ā-stem)

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*swerjos	*swerjā	*swerjom
Vocative	*swerje	*swerja	*swerjom
Accusative	*swerjom	*swerjam	*swerjom
Genitive	*swerjosjo, swerjī	*swerjās	*swerjosjo, swerjī
Dative	*swerjōi	*swerjāi	*swerjōi
Ablative	*swerjōd	*swerjād	*swerjōd
Locative	*swerjei	*swerjāi	*swerjei
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*swerjōs, swerjoi	*swerjās	*swerjā
Vocative	*swerjōs, swerjoi	*swerjās	*swerjā
Accusative	*swerjons	*swerjans	*swerjā
Genitive	*swerjom	*swerjāzōm	*swerjom
Dative	*swerjois	*swerjais	*swerjois
Ablative	*swerjois	*swerjais	*swerjois
Locative	*swerjois	*swerjais	*swerjois

Descendants

Latin: serius