Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/dwenos

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (to fit); compare Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (taujan, to do, make) and Ancient Greek δύναμαι (dúnamai, to be able). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-u, from *deh₃- (to give).

Adjective[edit]

*dwenos (comparative *meljōs, superlative *optimos, adverb *dwened)[1]

  1. good

Declension[edit]

Antonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Faliscan: 𐌃𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌀𐌔 (duenas, feminine genitive singular), 𐌃𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌏𐌌 (duenom, neuter nominative/accusative singular)
  • Old Latin: duenos, duonus
    • Latin: bonus (see there for further descendants)
  • Umbrian: funir

References[edit]

  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, pages 73-4