Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/sei

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 *sei, an innovated thematic locative singular of Proto-Indo-European *só.[1]

Conjunction

*sei

  1. thus, so
  2. if
    Synonym: *swai

Derived terms

  • *sei-ke
    • Latin: sīc
  • *sei-ne
  • *sei-we
  • *sei kʷis
    • Volscian: sepis (“if someone”)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sī, sīc”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561
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