Reconstruction:Latin/ericionem
Latin
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edit*ērīciōnem m (plural *ērīciōnēs) (Proto-Western-Romance)
Reconstruction notes
editRelatively late formation, considering that it lacks the otherwise-expected weakening and loss of /i/ in this position. Apparently originated in the north, where it eliminated the reflexes of ērīcius, and propagated southwards.
Descendants
edit- Aragonese: ariçon (Benasqués)
- Catalan: eriçó, ariçó
- Franco-Provençal: héresson, hérson, hirson, hérisson
- Occitan: eriçon
- Old French: heriçun, heriçon; herichun, irechon (northern) (see there for further descendants)
- Romansch: erizun, erizùn (Sutsilvan); erizung (Surmiran)
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “erīcius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 239