Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/reis

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

    From Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“wealth, goods”).[1]

    Noun

    *reis f[2]

    1. thing, matter

    Declension

    Originally, the noun was a "regular" i-stem, and would have been *rēj- before vowels (genitive *rējes, dative *rējei etc.), and *rēi before consonants and word-finally (nominative *rēis, perhaps originally disyllabic). In the former, -j- was regularly lost, while in the latter the diphthong was shortened before another consonant, due to Osthoff's law.

    Declension of *reis (vowel/i-stem, irregular)
    singular plural
    nominative *reis *rēs
    vocative *reis *rēs
    accusative *reim, *rēm *reins? *rens?
    genitive *rēs *rēom
    dative *rēi *reiβos (*rēβos?)
    ablative *rīd?, *rē? *reiβos (*rēβos?)
    locative *rēi *reiβos (*rēβos?)

    Descendants

    • Latin: rēs
    • Umbrian: ri (genitive singular)

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “rēs, reī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 520-1
    2. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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