Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/meos

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 *meyos, the thematization of *mey, the dative of Proto-Indo-European *h₁moi-; alternatively, from *mewos (influenced by *tweos and *sewos) or *memos. See Latin me (“me”).

Compare Proto-Slavic *mojь (“my”) from Proto-Balto-Slavic *majas, from PIE *moyos.

Determiner

*meos

my; first-person singular possessive

Declension

Declension of *meos (o/ā-stem)
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*meos	*meā	*meom
vocative	*mee	*mea	*meom
accusative	*meom	*meam	*meom
genitive	*meosjo, meī	*meās	*meosjo, meī
dative	*meōi	*meāi	*meōi
ablative	*meōd	*meād	*meōd
locative	*meei	*meāi	*meei

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*meōs, meoi	*meās	*meā
vocative	*meōs, meoi	*meās	*meā
accusative	*meons	*means	*meā
genitive	*meom	*meāzōm	*meom
dative	*meois	*meais	*meois
ablative	*meois	*meais	*meois
locative	*meois	*meais	*meois

Declension of personal pronouns
singular	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	*egō	*tū	—
accusative	*mē	*tē	*sē
genitive	*mei	*tei	*sei
dative	*meɣei	*teβei	*seβei
ablative	*med	*ted	*sed

possessive	*meos	*towos	*sowos

plural	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	*nōs	*wōs	as singular
accusative	*nōs	*wōs
genitive	*nosterom	*westerom
dative	*nōβei	*wōβei
ablative	*nōβei	*wōβei

possessive	*nosteros	*westeros

Descendants

Latin: meus
Oscan: miio (feminine nominative singular)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN