Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/speks
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a root noun Proto-Indo-European *spóḱs (weak stem *speḱ-), as reconstructed by Weiss.[1]
Noun
[edit]*speks m
- one who looks at something
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *speks | *spekes |
| vocative | *speks | *spekes |
| accusative | *spekem | *spekens |
| genitive | *spekes, spekos | *spekom |
| dative | *spekei | *spekβos |
| ablative | *speki? speke? | *spekβos |
| locative | *speki? speke? | *spekβos |
Derived terms
[edit]- *haru-speks[2]
- Faliscan: 𐌇𐌀𐌓𐌀𐌔𐌐𐌄𐌗 (haraspex), 𐌇𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌔𐌐(𐌄𐌗) (harisp(ex))
- Latin: haruspex
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Weiss, Michael L. (2009) Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin[1], Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, pages 259-260
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “haruspex”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 280