Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/táuros

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This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *táwros (wild bull, aurochs).

Noun

*táuros m[1]

  1. bull

Inflection

O-stem, masc./fem.
Nominative *táuros
Genitive *táuroyyo
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *táuros *táurō *táuroi
Vocative *táure *táurō *táuroi
Accusative *táuron *táurō *táurons
Genitive *táuroyyo *táuroyyun *táurōn
Dative *táurōi *táuroyyun *táurois
Locative *táuroi, -ei ? *táuroihi
Instrumental *táurō ? *táurōis

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: ταῦρος (taûros) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ταῦρος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1455-1456