Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/westis

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *wéstis (clothes), from *wes- (to dress, clothe).

Noun edit

*westis f[1]

  1. clothing

Inflection edit

i-stemDeclension of *westis (i-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *westis *westēs
vocative *westis *westēs
accusative *westim *westins
genitive *westeis *westjom
dative *westei *westiβos
ablative *westīd *westiβos
locative *westei *westiβos

Descendants edit

  • Latin: vestis

References edit

  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, pages 671-2