Reconstruction:Latin/alemosyna
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Alteration of Late Latin eleēmosyna (“alms”), borrowed from Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
*alēmosyna f (oblique *alēmosynam); first declension (Proto-Romance)
Descendants edit
- Balkan Romance:
- → Albanian: lëmoshë (or via Germanic)
- Italo-Romance:
- Gallo-Italic:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
- → Middle Welsh: *elusen
- Welsh: elusen
- → Old Irish: almsan
- → Proto-West Germanic: *alemōsinā (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Slavic: *alъmužъna (or all borrowed from Germanic)
- → Middle Welsh: *elusen