Comparative evidence

1.h₁es

• Lat. est 3 pl. sunt ‘be’, ‘exist’, ‘be present’ (OLD:1865-1867)

• Lat. sum esse ‘be’, ‘exist’, ‘occur’, ‘be present’,‘be situated’ (OLD: 1865)

• Lat. escit An old inceptive of < em>sum (OLD: 621)

References

OLD = Glare, P. G. W. 1968. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.