Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/hostipotis

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis

Proto-Indo-European *pótis

Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis

Proto-Italic *hostipotis

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis (“lord; guest”), compound of *gʰóstis (“stranger”) and *pótis (“master”). Equivalent to *hostis +‎ *potis.^[1]

Noun

*hostipotis m

host

Inflection

Declension of *hostipotis (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hostipotis	*hostipotēs
vocative	*hostipotis	*hostipotēs
accusative	*hostipotim	*hostipotins
genitive	*hostipoteis	*hostipotjom
dative	*hostipotei	*hostipotiβos
ablative	*hostipotīd	*hostipotiβos
locative	*hostipotei	*hostipotiβos

Descendants

Latin: hospes (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Sabellic: *hostipots
- Paelignian: hospus

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “hospes, -itis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 291

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “hospes, -itis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 291

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