Reconstruction:Latin/gauta

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

Borrowed from Gaulish *gauta (“cheek”), from Proto-Celtic *gaba, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡau̯ta/

Noun

*gauta f (oblique *gauta) (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. cheek

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ˈɡau̯ta/	*/ˈɡau̯tas/
oblique	*/ˈɡau̯ta/	*/ˈɡau̯tas/

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: gota
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Lombard: gòlta
  • Romagnol: gòlt, goata, goalta
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: jode
    • French: joue
      • →? Piedmontese: giova
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: galta
  • Occitan: gauta

    Nord-Occitan: jauta

    • → Piedmontese: giàuta