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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/alβos

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 *h₂elbʰós.

Adjective

*alβos (comparative *alβjōs, superlative *alβisemos)

  1. white

Declension

Descendants

  • Latin: albus (see there for further descendants)
  • Umbrian: 𐌀𐌋𐌚𐌖 (alfu)
  • Sabine: alpos

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “albus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 32
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