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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/spēs
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Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *spéh₁s (“prosperity”).[1]
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /speːs/
Noun
*spēs f[1]
- hope
Declension
| consonant stemDeclension of *spēs (consonant stem) | ||
|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural |
| nominative | *spēs | *spēzes |
| vocative | *spēs | *spēzes |
| accusative | *spēzem | *spēzens |
| genitive | *spēzes, spēzos | *spēzom |
| dative | *spēzei | *spēzəβos |
| ablative | *spēzi? spēze? | *spēzəβos |
| locative | *spēzi? spēze? | *spēzəβos |
Descendants
- Latin: spēs
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