Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/hostipotis

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 Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis, compound of *gʰóstis (“stranger”) and *pótis (“master”). Equivalent to *hostis +‎ *potis.

Noun

*hostipotis m

1. host

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *hostipotis (i-stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*hostipotis	*hostipotēs
vocative	*hostipotis	*hostipotēs
accusative	*hostipotim	*hostipotins
genitive	*hostipoteis	*hostipotjom
dative	*hostipotei	*hostipotiβos
ablative	*hostipotīd	*hostipotiβos
locative	*hostipotei	*hostipotiβos

Descendants

• Latin: hospes (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Sabellic: *hostipots
  • Paelignian: hospus