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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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