Reconstruction:Latin/fibella

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 fībula +‎ -la (diminutive ending).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈβɛlla/

Noun

*fībella f (Proto-Western-Romance)

1. broach
2. small pin

Reconstruction notes

Several descendants show an initial /θ/ or /s/, perhaps reflecting contamination with another word—if so, it is unclear which.

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/fiˈβɛlla/	*/fiˈβɛllas/
oblique	*/fiˈβɛlla/	*/fiˈβɛllas/

Descendants

• North Italian:
  • Lombard: sivel (Cremona)
  • Piedmontese: favella (Val Anzasca)
  • Romansch: faviale
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Catalan: fibella
    • Catalan: sivella
  • Franco-Provençal: favala, favela, fiola
  • Norman: civelle
  • Old Gascon: fiera, hiera
  • Old Occitan: fivela, fuvela
    • Auvergnat: fuvela
    • Languedocien: fivèla
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: fibiella, fabilla
  • Old Leonese: [Term?]
    • Asturian: civiella

      Cantabrian: cebilla, cebía

    • Leonese: cebilla
    • Mirandese: sibella
    • Sanabrian: febiella, cebilla
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: fivela
    • Galician: fibela, cibela, acibela
    • Portuguese: fivela
  • Old Spanish: feviella, fiviella
    • Spanish: hebilla

References

• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “*fibella”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 246
• “sivella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*fibella”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 489