Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/spēs

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 *spéh₁s (prosperity).[1]

    Noun

    *spēs f[1]

    1. hope

    Declension

    Declension of *spēs (consonant stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *spēs *spēzes
    vocative *spēs *spēzes
    accusative *spēzem *spēzens
    genitive *spēzes, spēzos *spēzom
    dative *spēzei *spēzβos
    ablative *spēzi? spēze? *spēzβos
    locative *spēzi? spēze? *spēzβos

    Descendants

    • Latin: spēs

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN