Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/lapets

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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

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Etymology

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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

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*lapets m

  1. stone

Declension

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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

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

References

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  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