Reconstruction:Latin/abismus

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 Late Latin abyssus, with a suffix of uncertain provenance. Perhaps -ismus (borrowed from Greek) or -issimus, with a loss of the second /i/ and some kind of haplology, ending with a change in stress position.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /aˈbismos/

Noun edit

*abīsmus m (Proto-Western-Romance)

abyss

Declension edit

	singular	plural
nominative	*/aˈbismos/	*/aˈbismi/
oblique	*/aˈbismu/	*/aˈbismos/

Descendants edit

Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: abisme
- Occitan: abisme
Gallo-Romance:
- >? Old French: abisme
  - French: abîme
  - → Middle English: abime
    - English: abysm
  - →? Piedmontese: abim
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: abismu
- Old Galician-Portuguese: abismo, avismo
  - Galician: abismo
  - Portuguese: abismo
    - Papiamentu: abismo
- Old Spanish: avismo
  - Spanish: abismo

References edit

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “abyssus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 64