Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/juwənkos

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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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós (young).[1]

Adjective

*juwənkos

  1. (of domesticated animals) young

Usage notes

Also formed gendered deadjectival nouns referring to young cattle.

Declension

Descendants

  • Latin: iuvencus, iuvenca (see there for further descendants)
  • Umbrian: iuengar (nom. pl. f.), 𐌉𐌅𐌄𐌊𐌀 (iveka), iuenga (acc. pl. f.)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “iuvencus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 317