Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/fīlios

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 earlier *θīlios, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁i-l-yo-s (sucker), from *dʰeh₁(y)- (to suckle, nurse). Cognate with Ancient Greek θῆλυς (thêlus, feminine). Displaced *suHnús.[1]

Noun

*fīlios m[1]

  1. son

Inflection

Declension of *fīlios (o-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fīlios *fīliōs, fīlioi
vocative *fīlie *fīliōs, fīlioi
accusative *fīliom *fīlions
genitive *fīliosjo, fīliī *fīliom
dative *fīliōi *fīliois
ablative *fīliōd *fīliois
locative *fīliei *fīliois

Descendants

  • Faliscan: 𐌅𐌉𐌋𐌄𐌏 (fileo), 𐌇𐌉𐌋𐌄𐌏 (hileo)
  • Latin: fīlius (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fīlius”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 219-20