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 *ǵʰéslom (“heap”),[1] from *ǵʰes- (“hand”).

    Numeral

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

    *smīɣeslī

    1. thousand

    Descendants

    • Latin: mīlle (see there for further descendants)

    References

    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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