Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/awikaps

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 *awis (bird) +‎ *-kaps (catcher).

Noun

*awikaps m[1]

  1. bird catcher

Inflection

Declension of *awikaps (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *awikaps *awikapes
vocative *awikaps *awikapes
accusative *awikapem *awikapens
genitive *awikapes, awikapos *awikapom
dative *awikapei *awikapβos
ablative *awikapi? awikape? *awikapβos
locative *awikapi? awikape? *awikapβos

Descendants

  • Latin: auceps

References

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