Reconstruction:Latin/felem

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

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)

  1. bile

Descendants edit

  • Balkan Romance: f
    • Aromanian: heari
    • Romanian: fiere
  • Dalmatian:
  • Italo-Romance: m
  • Insular Romance:
  • North Italian:
    • Gallo-Italic:
    • Friulian: fêl f
    • Romansch: feil m
    • Venetian: fiel m or f
  • 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
  1. ^ Lausberg, Heinrich. 1970. Lingüística románica, I: Fonética. Madrid: Gredos. §189.