dēls

Etymology
From, from , (whence also 🇨🇬, q.v.); the original meaning was thus “one to nurse,” “suckling one,” “baby” (cf. 🇨🇬,  <  < ). Cognates include 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬), 🇨🇬. The term replaced an earlier, the original Indo-European word for “son” (cf. 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬). This is usually explained as the result of taboo: the ‘real’ word for “son” was avoided so as not to attract the attention of evil spirits. Note that the languages that lack a reflex of this original word (Latin, Celtic, Latvian, Albanian) also lack the corresponding word for “daughter” (cf. 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬); this suggests that there may have been dialectal differences in Proto-Indo-European concerning words for children.

Noun

 * 1) son a male child, in relation to his parents
 * 2)  son a form of address used by an older person talking to a younger man
 * 3)  son a member of a people, group, etc.
 * 1)  son a form of address used by an older person talking to a younger man
 * 2)  son a member of a people, group, etc.
 * 1)  son a form of address used by an older person talking to a younger man
 * 2)  son a member of a people, group, etc.
 * 1)  son a form of address used by an older person talking to a younger man
 * 2)  son a member of a people, group, etc.
 * 1)  son a member of a people, group, etc.
 * 1)  son a member of a people, group, etc.