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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/esto

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

A compound pronoun from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)es- + *só, with the s-initial forms of the latter element replaced with t-initial forms.

Pronoun

*esto m (feminine *estā, neuter *estod)[1]

  1. this

Descendants
  • Latin: iste
  • South Picene: 𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌀𐌔 (estas, nom pl fem.)
  • Umbrian: 𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌖 (estu, acc sg masc.), 𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌄 (este, acc sg neut.)

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 310
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