Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/agros

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 *h₂éǵros.

    Noun

    *agros m[1]

    1. field

    Declension

    Declension of *agros (o-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *agros *agrōs, agroi
    vocative *agre *agrōs, agroi
    accusative *agrom *agrons
    genitive *agrosjo, agrī *agrom
    dative *agrōi *agrois
    ablative *agrōd *agrois
    locative *agrei *agrois

    Descendants

    • Latin: ager (see there for further descendants)
    • Osco-Umbrian:
    • ⇒ *agrolos m (“small plot of land”, noun)[2]
      • Latin: agellus (see there for further descendants)
      • Oscan: 𐌀𐌂𐌄𐌓𐌋𐌋𐌞𐌃 (agerllúd, ablative singular)

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “ager, -grī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 29
    2. ^ Meiser, Gerhard (23 October 2017), “47. The phonology of Italic”, in Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics‎[1], De Gruyter, page 748
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