Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/smīɣeslī

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 *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ (“having one thousand”), from *smih₂ (the feminine of Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- (“one”)) and a nominalized feminine form of *ǵʰés-lo- (“heap”),^[1] from *ǵʰes- (“hand”).

Numeral

**Proto-Italic cardinal numbers**
< 100	1,000
Cardinal : *smīɣeslī

*smīɣeslī

thousand

Descendants

Latin: mīlle (see there for further descendants)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mīlle”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 379-380

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mīlle”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 379-380

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