Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/fēsios

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 Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s-yos, from *dʰéh₁s (“god”) +‎ *-yós (genitive adjective suffix). Formed identically to Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos).

Adjective

*fēsios[1]

  1. divine, holy

Declension

Declension of *fēsios (o/ā-stem)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *fēsios *fēsiā *fēsiom
vocative *fēsie *fēsia *fēsiom
accusative *fēsiom *fēsiam *fēsiom
genitive *fēsiosjo, fēsiī *fēsiās *fēsiosjo, fēsiī
dative *fēsiōi *fēsiāi *fēsiōi
ablative *fēsiōd *fēsiād *fēsiōd
locative *fēsiei *fēsiāi *fēsiei
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *fēsiōs, fēsioi *fēsiās *fēsiā
vocative *fēsiōs, fēsioi *fēsiās *fēsiā
accusative *fēsions *fēsians *fēsiā
genitive *fēsiom *fēsiāzōm *fēsiom
dative *fēsiois *fēsiais *fēsiois
ablative *fēsiois *fēsiais *fēsiois
locative *fēsiois *fēsiais *fēsiois
  • *faznom
  • *fēstos
    • Latin: fēstus

Descendants

All daughter languages substantivized the feminine plural to mean "religious holiday".

  • Latin: fēriae (see there for further descendants)
  • Oscan: 𐌚𐌉𐌝𐌔𐌝𐌀𐌉𐌔 (fiísíais), 𐌚𐌉𐌉𐌔𐌉𐌉𐌔 (fiisiis), 𐌚𐌉𐌔𐌉𐌀𐌝𐌔 (fisiaís, dat.-abl. pl.)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fēriae”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 212-213
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