Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/ekeso

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.

From the components of *eko (“this”) followed by Proto-Indo-European *só.^[1]

*ekeso m (feminine *ekesā, neuter *ekesod) (Proto-Sabellic)

1. this

   Synonym: *ek

• In Oscan-like languages (Oscan and Marrucinian), the nominative and accusative forms of *ekeso were lost, with forms of *eko replacing them.
• This suppletive relationship is not attested in Umbrian. Either Umbrian had the same Oscan-style suppletion but leveled out all forms of *eko, or the suppletion did not happen there in the first place.

• *ekso

• Marrucinian: esuc (gen. pl. m.)
• Oscan: 𐌄𐌊𐌔𐌖𐌊 (eksuk, abl. sg. m./n.), exeic (loc. sg. n.), exac (abl. sg. f.), exaisc (abl. pl. f.)
• Umbrian: eso (nom. sg. f. or nom./acc. pl. n.), essu, esu (abl. sg. m./n.), 𐌄𐌔𐌖𐌊𐌖 (esuku, abl. sg. m./n.), esa (abl. sg. f.), 𐌄𐌔𐌖𐌌𐌄𐌊 (esumek, gen. pl. n.), esome (gen. pl. n.), esir, isir (abl. pl. n.)