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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/tlokʷāks

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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

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Etymology

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From *tlokʷōr (to speak) and *-āks (tendency or inclination).

Adjective

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*tlokʷāks (comparative *tlokʷākjōs, superlative *tlokʷākisemos)[1][2]

  1. talkative

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Latin: loquax

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN