Reconstruction:Latin/glomiscellum

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

A diminutive based on glomus, with the ending seemingly take from *arbuscellum/*rāmuscellum/*rīvuscellum. Why this did not result in a form like *glomuscellum is unclear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlomesˈt͡sʲɛllu/

Noun

*glomiscellum m (Proto-Western-Romance)

1. ball of yarn, tangle

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ɡlomesˈt͡sʲɛllos/	*/ɡlomesˈt͡sʲɛlli/
oblique	*/ɡlomesˈt͡sʲɛllu/	*ɡlomesˈt͡sʲɛllos/

Related terms

• *glemus
• *glomellum

Descendants

• North Italian:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Emilian: gmisel, misel, gamsel, gumissel
    • Ligurian: giumescéllo, lumescéllo, rumescéllo, remescéllo
    • Lombard: gramissel, gumissel, gamissel, remissel, guminsel, rumissel, lumiscel
    • Piedmontese: grumissel, grumessel, gramissel, mussel, lumissel, limiscé, limsé
  • Friulian: limiscel, lomiscel
  • Ladin: menescel
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franc-Comtois: gremeché
  • ⇒ Gascon: gusmeret

    >? camushèth

  • Old French: lemoissel
    • Middle French: lemuseau, remusseau
    • Picard: loinseau
  • Occitan: glomisel, gusmet

    Limousin: gusseu

References

• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “*glomiscellum”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 283
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*glŏmĭscĕllum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 162