Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/fars

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

Many apparent cognates can be found around Europe, such as Old Irish bairgen (“bread”), Welsh bara (“bread”), Proto-Slavic *boršьno, and Proto-Germanic *baraz (“barley”), tentatively from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, bristle”). The matching s-stem in Germanic could point to *bʰéros ~ *bʰéresos. However, De Vaan doubts the existence of an inherited Indo-European root for these, given the *a shared by the words, and wonders if they were derived from a foreign source.

Noun

*fars n

1. flour
2. grain

Declension

consonant stemDeclension of *fars (consonant stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*fars	*farsā
vocative	*fars	*farsā
accusative	*fars	*farsā
genitive	*farses, farsos	*farsom
dative	*farsei	*farsβos
ablative	*farsi? farse?	*farsβos
locative	*farsi? farse?	*farsβos

Derived terms

• *farsāsios
• *farseos

Descendants

• Latin: far (see there for further descendants)
• Oscan: 𐌚𐌀𐌓 (far)
• Umbrian: far (acc. sg), farer (gen. sg.)