Reconstruction:Latin/aurina
Latin
editEtymology
editAlteration of Classical ūrīna, likely by analogy with aurum (“gold”) due to the similarity in colour, perhaps also by contamination from preceding determiners (as in illa urina → *ill' aurina).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*aurīna f (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
Reconstruction notes
editThe Occitan variant orina is somewhat anomalous (alongside the expected aurina) and might reflect influence from neighbouring Romance varieties with regular monophthongization of /au̯/.
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | */au̯ˈrina/ | */au̯ˈrinas/ |
oblique | */au̯ˈrina/ | */au̯ˈrinas/ |
Descendants
edit- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ūrīna”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 63