Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/speks

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 a root noun Proto-Indo-European *spóḱs (weak stem *speḱ-), as reconstructed by Weiss.[1]

Noun

*speks m

  1. one who looks at something

Declension

Declension of *speks (consonant stem)
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

  • *haru-speks[2]
    • Faliscan: 𐌇𐌀𐌓𐌀𐌔𐌐𐌄𐌗 (haraspex), 𐌇𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌔𐌐(𐌄𐌗) (harisp(ex))
    • Latin: haruspex

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Weiss, Michael L. (2009) Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin‎[1], Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, pages 259-260
  2. ^ 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
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