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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/spéḱs

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

From *speḱ- (“to see, look”) +‎ *-s (root nominal suffix).

Noun

*spéḱs m[1]

  1. watcher
  2. spy

Inflection
Athematic, amphikinetic
singular
nominative *spéḱs
genitive *spḱés
singular dual plural
nominative *spéḱs *spéḱh₁(e) *spéḱes
vocative *spéḱ *spéḱh₁(e) *spéḱes
accusative *spéḱm̥ *spéḱh₁(e) *spéḱm̥s
genitive *spḱés *? *spḱóHom
ablative *spḱés *? *spḱmós
dative *spḱéy *? *spḱmós
locative *spéḱ, *spéḱi *? *spḱsú
instrumental *spḱéh₁ *? *spḱmís

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *spáćš (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *speks
    • Latin: *spex (in compounds auspex and prospex)
    • ⇒ Proto-Italic: *haruspeks
      • Faliscan: 𐌇𐌀𐌓𐌀𐌔𐌐𐌄𐌗 (haraspex), 𐌇𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌔𐌐𐌄𐌗 (harispex)
      • Latin: haruspex

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “haruspex, -icis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 280
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