Reconstruction:Latin/eccum hac

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

Alternative forms

• *ecce hāc

Etymology

From eccum (deictic) +‎ hāc (“this way, here”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(a)kˈkʷak/

Adverb

*eccum hāc (not comparable) (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. here, hither

See also

• *eccum hīc

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: qua
  • Neapolitan: ccà
  • Sicilian: ccà
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Spanish: acá
  • Galician: acá
  • Portuguese: acá (literary or dialectal) ⇒ cá (aphaeretic)

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “aquí”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 307
• qua² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana