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.

Noun

*fīlios m

1. son

Inflection

o-stemDeclension of *fīlios (o-stem)
case	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)