Reconstruction:Latin/aviolum

This Latin 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.

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Masculinization of aviola (“grandmother”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /aˈβʲɔːlu/

Noun edit

*aviolum m (Proto-Western-Romance)

grandfather

Declension edit

	singular	plural
nominative	*/aˈβʲɔːlos/	*/aˈβʲɔːli/
oblique	*/aˈβʲɔːlu/	*/aˈβʲɔːlos/

Reconstruction notes edit

Proto-Ibero-Romance and its descendants reflect a depalatalized variant */aˈβɔːlu/.

For the /βʲ/ > /j/ in French, cf. caveola > gaiole.

Descendants edit

Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: aviôl, ayú
- Old French: aiol, aiuel
  - French: aïeul
  - → Middle English: aiel, ayel, ayeul, aile
    - English: ayel, ayle (obsolete)
- Occitan: aujòl
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: agüelo
- Asturian: güelu, buelu
- Old Galician-Portuguese: avoo, avol
  - Galician: avó
  - Portuguese: avô
- Old Spanish: avuelo
  - Spanish: abuelo (see there for further descendants)

References edit

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*aviŏla; *aviŏlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 1233