Reconstruction:Latin/caronia

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

Etymology

From carō (“flesh”). The origin of the suffix is unclear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈronʲa/

Noun

*carōnia f (Proto-Romance)

1. carrion

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • >? Romanian: cărâie (if so, phonetically influenced by another word)
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: carogna
    • → Catalan: carronya
    • → Spanish: carroña
    • →? Sicilian: carogna
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: charogne, charounye, charonye, tsaroutha
  • Old French: charogne (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: caronha
    • Occitan: caronha, charonha, carònha, carraunha

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “carroña”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 898
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*caronia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 20: Autres langues, page 394