Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/deiwos

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 *deywós.

    Noun

    *deiwos m

    1. god, deity

    Declension

    Declension of *deiwos (o-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *deiwos *deiwōs, deiwoi
    vocative *deiwe *deiwōs, deiwoi
    accusative *deiwom *deiwons
    genitive *deiwosjo, deiwī *deiwom
    dative *deiwōi *deiwois
    ablative *deiwōd *deiwois
    locative *deiwei *deiwois

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Old Latin: deivos (Duenos inscription)
    • Venetic: 𐌃𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌏𐌔 (deivos, acc.pl.) (possibly)
    • Umbrian: deueia, dei, di
    • Volscian: deue (dat.sg.)
    • Oscan: deiuatud

    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 167