Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/e(s)peso

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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 *h₁e +‎ *só. Joining the two pronominal elements is either a particle *-pe (according to De Vaan) or a secondary epenthetic -p- that originally arose when -m-final endings of the first element came into contact with the initial *s of the second element.

Pronoun

*e(s)peso m

  1. himself, herself, itself

Alternative reconstructions

Declension

This compound pronoun had both the *e(s) element and the *-so element declining for case, gender, and number.

Derived terms

  • *e(s)pesō (with individualizing suffix *-ō)

Descendants

  • Latin: ipse (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ipse”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 308
  2. ^ Untermann, Jürgen (2000) Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen (Handbuch der italischen Dialekte; 3), Heidelberg: Winter, →ISBN, pages 235-236
  3. ^ Weiss, Michael L. (2009) Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin, Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, pages 346-347