πŒ…πŒ‰πŒ‹πŒ„πŒ

Faliscan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *dΚ°eh₁y-li-os (β€œsucker”), a derivation from the verbal root *dΚ°eh₁(y)- (β€œto suck”). Cognate with Latin filius.[1]

Noun

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πŒ…πŒ‰πŒ‹πŒ„πŒ β€’ (fileo)Β m

  1. son

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, β†’ISBN, page 209: β€œdeveloped from β€˜suckling’ or β€˜with young’ to β€˜fruitful’ and β€˜fortunate’. We find different extensions (*-u-, *-i-, *-o-, *-hβ‚‚-) of a nominal stem *dΚ°eh₁y, which in itself must have meant β€˜sucking animal’ (cf. also filius).”