Reconstruction:Latin/daca

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

Thought to be from the feminine of Dacus (“Dacian”), referring to the origin of the weapon, but the historical evidence is tenuous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaka/

Noun

*daca f (plural *dacās) (Proto-Italo-Romance)?

1. a type of knife, dagger

Descendants

• Italian: daga
  • → Old Catalan: daga, daiga
    • Catalan: daga
  • → Old Occitan: daga
    • Occitan: daga
    • → Old French: dague
      • French: dague
      • → English: dagger
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: daga
    • ⇒ Portuguese: adaga
  • → Spanish: daga
• Neapolitan: dache

References

• “daga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “*daca”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 196
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*daca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 1