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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/spéh₁s

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This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

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Etymology

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    From *speh₁- (to succeed, to prosper) +‎ *-s (root nominal suffix).

    Noun

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    *spéh₁s f (oblique stem *sph₁-)[1]

    1. prosperity, success

    Inflection

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    Athematic, amphikinetic
    singular
    nominative *spéh₁s
    genitive *sph₁és
    singular dual plural
    nominative *spéh₁s *spéh₁h₁(e) *spéh₁es
    vocative *spéh₁ *spéh₁h₁(e) *spéh₁es
    accusative *spéh₁m̥ *spéh₁h₁(e) *spéh₁m̥s
    genitive *sph₁és *? *sph₁óHom
    ablative *sph₁és *? *sph₁mós, *sph₁bʰós
    dative *sph₁éy *? *sph₁mós, *sph₁bʰós
    locative *spéh₁, *spéh₁i *? *sph₁sú
    instrumental *sph₁éh₁ *? *sph₁mís, *sph₁bʰís

    Descendants

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    • Proto-Italic: *spēs (see there for further descendants)

    References

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    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “spēs, spēī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 580