πŒ–πŒ•πŒ–πŒ“

Umbrian

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *udor, from Proto-Indo-European *wΓ³drΜ₯. Cognate with Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (hΓΊdōr).[1]

Noun

πŒ–πŒ•πŒ–πŒ“ β€’ (utur) (ablative πŒ–πŒπŒ„)

  1. water

References
  1. James Clackson, Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction (2007)
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 281: "All the PIE nominal stem-classes are preserved in Italic, including even traces of the archaic r/n-stems (Β§6.31), as in Lat. femur 'thigh', stem femin-, and Umbrian utur 'water', stem un- (< *utn-)."
  • James Clackson, Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, page 34: "'water' […] Umbrian utur"
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