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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/reis
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Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /rei̯s/
Noun
*reis f[1][2]
- thing, matter
Declension
Originally, the noun was a "regular" i-stem, and would have been *rēj- before vowels (genitive *rējes, dative *rējei etc.), and *rēi before consonants and word-finally (nominative *rēis, perhaps originally disyllabic). In the former, -j- was regularly lost, while in the latter the diphthong was shortened before another consonant, due to Osthoff's law.
| vowel/i-stem, irregularDeclension of *reis (vowel/i-stem, irregular) | ||
|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural |
| nominative | *reis | *rēs |
| vocative | *reis | *rēs |
| accusative | *reim, *rēm | *reins? *rens? |
| genitive | *rēs | *rēom |
| dative | *rēi | *reiβos (*rēβos?) |
| ablative | *rīd?, *rē? | *reiβos (*rēβos?) |
| locative | *rēi | *reiβos (*rēβos?) |
Descendants
- Latin: rēs
- Umbrian: ri (genitive singular)
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN