Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/lapets

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

Unknown. Probably from an unknown substrate language, judging by the presence of similar but phonologically non-homologous words around the Mediterranean like Ancient Greek λέπας (lépas, “bare rock, crag”).^[1]

Noun

*lapets m

stone

Declension

consonant stemDeclension of *lapets (consonant stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*lapets	*lapedes
vocative	*lapets	*lapedes
accusative	*lapedem	*lapedens
genitive	*lapedes, lapedos	*lapedom
dative	*lapedei	*lapedβos
ablative	*lapedi? lapede?	*lapedβos
locative	*lapedi? lapede?	*lapedβos

Descendants

Latin: lapis
Umbrian: 𐌅𐌀𐌐𐌄𐌛𐌄 (vapeře, loc. sg.)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lapis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lapis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326

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