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

Etymology

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

    Noun

    *westis f[1]

    1. clothing

    Inflection

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

    Descendants

    • Latin: vestis

    References

    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
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