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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/louðeros

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 *h₁lewdʰ-er-os, from *h₁lewdʰ- (people).

Adjective

*louðeros (comparative *louðerjōs, superlative *louðerisemos)[1]

  1. free
  2. (nominalised) child

Inflection

Descendants

Latin and Faliscan show a change ou > oi in this word. This may be a dissimilation from the following b.

  • Old Latin: loeber
    • Latin: līber (see there for further descendants)
  • Faliscan: loifero (accusative singular masculine)
  • Oscan: 𐌋𐌞𐌅𐌚𐌓𐌄𐌝𐌔 (lúvfreís, genitive singular)
  • Venetic: 𐌋𐌏𐌖𐌆𐌄𐌓𐌏𐌘𐌏𐌔 (louderobos, dative plural masculine), 𐌋𐌏𐌖𐌆𐌄𐌓𐌀𐌉 (louderai, dative singular feminine)

Derived terms

References

  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “līber”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338
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