Reconstruction:Latin/felem
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Classical fel n, with a paragogic /-e/[1] and change in gender. Compare *corem (“heart”), *melem (“honey”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
*felem m or f (Proto-Romance)
Descendants edit
- Balkan Romance: f
- Dalmatian:
- fial m
- Italo-Romance: m
- Insular Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References edit
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 140: “il fiele” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- ^ Lausberg, Heinrich. 1970. Lingüística románica, I: Fonética. Madrid: Gredos. §189.