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