Where does “fillôte” come from?

fillôte (Bourguignon) comes from Bourguignon feille, from Latin fīlia, from Latin fīlius, from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

fillôte (Bourguignon): little girl

Definitions

  1. little girl

Ancestry of “fillôte”, step by step

fillôte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bourguignon feille

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bourguignonfeillegirl
2Latinfīliadaughter
3Latinfīliusa son
4Old Latinfīlios
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse

via Bourguignon ôte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bourguignonôte
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)-