Reconstruction:Latin/battuaculum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From batt(u)ō (“beat”) + -culum (instrumental noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
*battuāculum ? (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
- clapper (part of a bell)
Descendants edit
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: batacchio
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*battuaculum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 1: A–B, page 289