Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/hostis

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 *gʰóstis (“stranger”).

Noun

*hostis m[1]

  1. stranger, guest

Inflection

Declension of *hostis (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hostis *hostēs
vocative *hostis *hostēs
accusative *hostim *hostins
genitive *hosteis *hostjom
dative *hostei *hostiβos
ablative *hostīd *hostiβos
locative *hostei *hostiβos

Descendants

  • Latin: hostis (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “hostis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 291
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.