Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/dwis

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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

Proto-Italic numbers (edit)
2
    Cardinal: *duō
    Adverbial: *dwis
    Prefix: *dwi-

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice”).

Adverb

*dwis

  1. twice

Descendants

  • Faliscan: 𐌐𐌉𐌔 (pis), 𐌐𐌉 (pi)
  • Latin: bis

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “bis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 72

Further reading

  • Bakkum, Gabriël C.L.M. (2009) The Latin dialect of the Ager Faliscus: 150 years of scholarship, Amsterdam University Press, page 180
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