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 *albʰós (“white”).

Adjective

*alβos (comparative *alβjōs, superlative *alβisemos)

white

Declension

Declension of *alβos (o/ā-stem)
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*alβos	*alβā	*alβom
vocative	*alβe	*alβa	*alβom
accusative	*alβom	*alβam	*alβom
genitive	*alβosjo, alβī	*alβās	*alβosjo, alβī
dative	*alβōi	*alβāi	*alβōi
ablative	*alβōd	*alβād	*alβōd
locative	*alβei	*alβāi	*alβei

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*alβōs, alβoi	*alβās	*alβā
vocative	*alβōs, alβoi	*alβās	*alβā
accusative	*alβons	*alβans	*alβā
genitive	*alβom	*alβāzōm	*alβom
dative	*alβois	*alβais	*alβois
ablative	*alβois	*alβais	*alβois
locative	*alβois	*alβais	*alβois

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

[1] 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