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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/spéh₁s
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Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
From the root *speh₁- (“to succeed, to prosper”).
Noun
*spéh₁s f (oblique stem *sph₁-)[1]
- prosperity, success
Inflection
| Athematic, amphikinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *spéh₁s | ||
| genitive | *sph₁és | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *spéh₁s | *spéh₁h₁(e) | *spéh₁es |
| vocative | *spéh₁ | *spéh₁h₁(e) | *spéh₁es |
| accusative | *spéh₁m̥ | *spéh₁h₁(e) | *spéh₁m̥s |
| genitive | *sph₁és | *? | *sph₁óHom |
| ablative | *sph₁és | *? | *sph₁mós |
| dative | *sph₁éy | *? | *sph₁mós |
| locative | *spéh₁, *spéh₁i | *? | *sph₁sú |
| instrumental | *sph₁éh₁ | *? | *sph₁bʰí |
Descendants
- Italic: *spēs
- Latin: spēs (see there for further descendants)
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “spēs, spēī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 580