Reconstruction:Latin/Hispaniolus

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Latin Hispānus (“Hispanic; Spanish”) < Hispānia, with diminutive -olus.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /spaˈɲɔːl/, [es-]

Adjective edit

*Hispāniolus (feminine *Hispāniola, neuter *Hispāniolum); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

Of Spain (or the Iberian peninsula)

Inflection edit

First/second declension.

Italo-Western declension of *hispāniolus
Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	*ẹspaniǫ́lọs	*ẹspaniǫ́la	*ẹspaniǫ́lọ	*ẹspaniǫ́li	*ẹspaniǫ́lę	*ẹspaniǫ́la
genitive	*ẹspaniǫ́li	*ẹspaniǫ́lę	*ẹspaniǫ́li	*ẹspaniǫlọ́rọ	*ẹspaniǫlárọ	*ẹspaniǫlọ́rọ
dative	*ẹspaniǫ́lọ	*ẹspaniǫ́lę	*ẹspaniǫ́lọ	*ẹspaniǫ́lis	*ẹspaniǫ́lis	*ẹspaniǫ́lis
accusative-ablative	*ẹspaniǫ́lọ	*ẹspaniǫ́lã	*ẹspaniǫ́lọ	*ẹspaniǫ́lọs	*ẹspaniǫ́las	*ẹspaniǫ́la

Descendants edit

Franco-Provençal: èspagnol, èspanyol
Old Occitan: espaignol (see there for further descendants)