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. 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

Related terms

• *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.)