Reconstruction:Latin/gemellicum
Latin
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edit*gemellicus m (Proto-Romance)
- twin
- Synonym: *gemellīcium
Reconstruction notes
editA fragile reconstruction due to the limited distribution in Romance. The Sardinian and Iberian forms might well represent independent developments. Still, there are known cases of extreme lexical 'shrinkage' like colober and scīre.
Descendants
edit- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: gremeddicu, ameddigu, meddighe (Logudorese); ghermeddiche, cremeddicu, cremeddiche (Nuorese)
- Ibero-Romance:
References
edit- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “mellizo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 31
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “*gemĕllicus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 277