Reconstruction:Latin/dominionem

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

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Etymology

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From dominus (master, lord) +‎ -iōnem[1] apparently with an etymological sense like "dominant tower".[2] Compare *pinniōnem ("gable" < pinna)[3] or *summiōnem (peak’ < summum).[4]

The Old French form has also been claimed to derive from a supposed Frankish *dungijā f[5] (from Proto-Germanic *dungijǭ "apartment, bower"). This is unlikely[6] for a number of reasons:

  • It would fail to account for the complete absence of any feminine form in Romance.
  • It would fail to account for the /m/ found not only in Old Occitan domnhon – and other variants thereof – but also in the earliest recorded form of the word in the northeast of France (1040's, Mouzon).[7]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*dominiōnem m (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

  1. donjon (main tower of a castle)

Declension

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singular plural
nominative */domˈɲoːns/ */domˈɲoːn/
oblique */domˈɲoːn/ */domˈɲoːns/

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ van Osta, Ward (1992) “Donk: Semantisch en Etymologisch”, in Naamkunde[1], volume 24, Leuven: Het Instituut voor Naamkunde:fra. donjon teruggaat op vulg. lat. *dominio(nem) ‘toren van de heer’
  2. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*dominiō”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 130:Das wort, das mlt. als dunjo, domnio erscheint, ist eine frühe, nur gallorom. 2) ablt. von dominus.
  3. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pĭnnio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 539
  4. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*summio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 12: Sk–š, page 427
  5. ^ Gamillscheg, Ernst (1931) “Frz. donjon „Schloßturm"”, in Zeitschrift für französische Sprache und Literatur, volume 54, number 3/4, Franz Steiner Verlag
  6. ^ Pfister, M. (1973) “La répartition géographique des éléments franciques en gallo-romanz”, in Revue de linguistique romane, volume 37, Société de Linguistique Romane, →DOI, page 149
  7. ^ dominionus in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck