Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/Gāwjos

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

Usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *geh₂w- (to rejoice), whence also Latin gaudeō and gaudium.

Proper noun

*Gāwjos m[1]

  1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of *Gāwjos (o-stem)
singular plural
nominative *Gāwjos *Gāwjōs, Gāwjoi
vocative *Gāwje *Gāwjōs, Gāwjoi
accusative *Gāwjom *Gāwjons
genitive *Gāwjosjo, Gāwjī *Gāwjom
dative *Gāwjōi *Gāwjois
ablative *Gāwjōd *Gāwjois
locative *Gāwjei *Gāwjois

Descendants

  • Latino-Faliscan:
    • Latin: Gāius, (archaic) Gāvius
    • Faliscan: 𐌂𐌀𐌖𐌉𐌏 (cauio, nom. sg. m.), 𐌂𐌀𐌖𐌉 (caui, gen. sg. m.), 𐌂𐌀𐌖𐌉𐌀 (cauia, nom. sg. f.)
  • Sabellic:
    • Oscan: 𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌉𐌔 (gavis), 𐌂𐌀𐌀𐌅𐌉𐌔 (gaavis)

References

  1. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2016), Oscan in the Greek Alphabet, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 191