Reconstruction:Latin/glaciarium

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 glaciēs (ice) +‎ -ārium.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡlaˈt͡sai̯ru/, /-t͡ʃ-/

Noun edit

*glaciārium (Proto-Western-Romance)

  1. glacier

Reconstruction notes edit

The descendants form a continuous belt along the Alps.[1]

Descendants edit

  • Franco-Provençal: gllaciér, lyassé, yèchi; glacier
    • French: glacier (see there for further descendants)
  • Romansch: glatscher
    • High Alemannic German: Gletscher
      • German: Gletscher (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  • glatscher”, in Dicziunari Rumantsch Grischun (in German)
  1. ^ AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 426a: “il ghiacciaio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it