Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/esto

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

A compound pronoun from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)es- + *só, with the s-initial forms of the latter element replaced with t-initial forms.

Pronoun

*esto m (feminine *estā, neuter *estod)^[1]

this

Declension

Declension of *esto (irregular pronoun)
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*esto	*estā	*estod
vocative	*este	*esta	*estod
accusative	*estom	*estam	*estod
genitive	*estosjo	*estosjās	*estosjo
dative	*estōi	*estāi	*estōi
ablative	*estōd	*estād	*estōd
locative	*estei	*estāi	*estei

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*estoi	*estās	*estā
vocative	*estoi	*estās	*estā
accusative	*estons	*estans	*estā
genitive	*estom	*estāzōm	*estom
dative	*estois	*estais	*estois
ablative	*estois	*estais	*estois
locative	*estois	*estais	*estois

Descendants

Latin: iste
South Picene: 𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌀𐌔 (estas, nom pl fem.)
Umbrian: 𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌖 (estu, acc sg masc.), 𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌄 (este, acc sg neut.)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 310

[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, page 310

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