Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/sowos

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 *sewos, from *swé (“self”).

Determiner

*sowos^[1]

his, her, its, their (own); third-person reflexive possessive

Declension

Declension of *sowos (o/ā-stem)
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*sowos	*sowā	*sowom
vocative	*sowe	*sowa	*sowom
accusative	*sowom	*sowam	*sowom
genitive	*sowosjo, sowī	*sowās	*sowosjo, sowī
dative	*sowōi	*sowāi	*sowōi
ablative	*sowōd	*sowād	*sowōd
locative	*sowei	*sowāi	*sowei

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*sowōs, sowoi	*sowās	*sowā
vocative	*sowōs, sowoi	*sowās	*sowā
accusative	*sowons	*sowans	*sowā
genitive	*sowom	*sowāzōm	*sowom
dative	*sowois	*sowais	*sowois
ablative	*sowois	*sowais	*sowois
locative	*sowois	*sowais	*sowois

Declension of personal pronouns
singular	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	*egō	*tū	—
accusative	*mē	*tē	*sē
genitive	*mei	*tei	*sei
dative	*meɣei	*teβei	*seβei
ablative	*med	*ted	*sed

possessive	*meos	*towos	*sowos

plural	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	*nōs	*wōs	as singular
accusative	*nōs	*wōs
genitive	*nosterom	*westerom
dative	*nōβei	*wōβei
ablative	*nōβei	*wōβei

possessive	*nosteros	*westeros

Descendants

Latin: suus
Oscan: suveís

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 549

[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, page 549

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