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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/weizos

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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 Proto-Indo-European *wisós (poison).

Noun

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*weizos n

  1. poison

Declension

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o-stemDeclension of *weizos (o-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *weizos *weizōs, weizoi
vocative *weize *weizōs, weizoi
accusative *weizom *weizons
genitive *weizosjo, weizī *weizom
dative *weizōi *weizois
ablative *weizōd *weizois
locative *weizei *weizois

Descendants

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  • Latin: vīrus (see there for further descendants)

References

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  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vīrus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 682