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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/meos

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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

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Etymology

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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

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*meos[1]

  1. my; first-person singular possessive

Declension

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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
singular 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

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  • Latin: meus
  • Oscan: miio (feminine nominative singular)

References

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