Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/lapets

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

    Unknown. Probably from an unknown substrate language, judging by the presence of similar but phonologically non-homologous words around the Mediterranean like Ancient Greek λέπας (lépas, “bare rock, crag”).[1]

    Noun

    *lapets m

    1. stone

    Declension

    Declension of *lapets (consonant stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *lapets *lapedes
    vocative *lapets *lapedes
    accusative *lapedem *lapedens
    genitive *lapedes, lapedos *lapedom
    dative *lapedei *lapedβos
    ablative *lapedi? lapede? *lapedβos
    locative *lapedi? lapede? *lapedβos

    Descendants

    • Latin: lapis
    • Umbrian: 𐌅𐌀𐌐𐌄𐌛𐌄 (vapeře, loc. sg.)
    • >? South Picene: 𐌅𐌄𐌐𐌄𐌕𐌑 (vepetí)

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lapis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326
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