Reconstruction:Latin/aviolum

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

Etymology

From aviola (“grandmother”) +‎ -us (forms masculine nouns).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈβʲɔːlu/

Noun

*aviolum m (Proto-Western-Romance)

1. grandfather

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/aˈβʲɔːlos/	*/aˈβʲɔːli/
oblique	*/aˈβʲɔːlu/	*/aˈβʲɔːlos/

Reconstruction notes

Ibero-Romance points to a depalatalized variant */aˈβɔːlu/.

For the */βʲ/ > /j/ in French, cf. caveola > gaiole.

Descendants

• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: aviôl, ayú
  • Old French: aiol, aiuel
    • French: aïeul
    • → Middle English: aiel, ayel, ayeul, aile
      • English: ayel, ayle (obsolete)
  • Occitan: aujòl
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: agüelo
  • Asturian: güelu, buelu (Western Asturias); buolu (Grau, Pola Vieya, Candamu, Pravia); guölu (Cabrales); buölu (A Estierna); gualu (Cuideiru)
  • Mirandese: abó
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: avoo, avol
    • Galician: avó
    • Portuguese: avô
  • Old Spanish: avuelo
    • Spanish: abuelo (see there for further descendants)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*aviŏla; *aviŏlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 1233