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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/hostis

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

From earlier *xostis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhos.tis/

Noun

*hostis m[1]

  1. stranger, guest

Inflection
i-stemDeclension of *hostis (i-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *hostis *hostēs
vocative *hostis *hostēs
accusative *hostim *hostins
genitive *hosteis *hostjom
dative *hostei *hostiβos
ablative *hostīd *hostiβos
locative *hostei *hostiβos

Descendants
  • Latin: hostis, ostis; fostis; ost
    • Aromanian: oasti
    • Asturian: güeste
    • Catalan: host
    • → English: host
    • Old French: ost, host
      • French: ost (revival of the Old French word)
      • Norman: hôt (Pays de Bray)
      • Picard: hôt
    • Galician: hoste
    • → Irish: óstach
    • Italian: oste
    • Occitan: òst
    • Portuguese: hoste
    • Romanian: oaste
    • Spanish: hueste

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
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