Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/alβos

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 *albʰós (“white”).[1]

    Adjective

    *alβos (comparative *alβjōs, superlative *alβisemos)

    1. white

    Declension

    Declension of *alβos (o/ā-stem)
    singular masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *alβos *alβā *alβom
    vocative *alβe *alβa *alβom
    accusative *alβom *alβam *alβom
    genitive *alβosjo, alβī *alβās *alβosjo, alβī
    dative *alβōi *alβāi *alβōi
    ablative *alβōd *alβād *alβōd
    locative *alβei *alβāi *alβei
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *alβōs, alβoi *alβās *alβā
    vocative *alβōs, alβoi *alβās *alβā
    accusative *alβons *alβans *alβā
    genitive *alβom *alβāzōm *alβom
    dative *alβois *alβais *alβois
    ablative *alβois *alβais *alβois
    locative *alβois *alβais *alβois

    Descendants

    • Latin: albus (see there for further descendants)
    • Umbrian: 𐌀𐌋𐌚𐌖 (alfu)
    • Sabine: alpos

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “albus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 32
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