Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/feiðos

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 edit

Etymology edit

From earlier *θeiðos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-o-s, from *bʰeydʰ- (to trust).

Adjective edit

*feiðos (comparative *feiðjōs, superlative *feiðisemos)[1]

  1. faithful, reliable

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Latin: fīdus
  • Faliscan: fitai

References edit

  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 218-9