Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/gʷrūtos

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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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us (heavy).[1]

Adjective

*gʷrūtos

  1. heavy
    Antonym: *leɣʷis
    Synonym: *gʷrawos

Declension

Descendants

  • Latin: brutus (from a Sabellic language due to *gʷ > b)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “brūtus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 76