Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-eos

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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 earlier *-ejos.

This suffix also appears in Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) in e.g. χρῡ́σεος (khrū́seos, golden).[1]

Suffix

*-eos

  1. Forms adjectives indicating being formed out of a material.
    *fars (flour) + ‎*-eos → ‎*farseos (made of flour)

Declension

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Descendants

References

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 287