Where does “sons” come from?
sons (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic sonts, from Proto-Indo-European h₁sónts, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs-.
Ancestry of “sons”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Italic | sonts | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁sónts | active participle of *h₁ésti; being, existence;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | — |