Reconstruction:Latin/ianuella

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 iānua (“door, entry”) +‎ -ella (diminutive ending).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /janˈwɛlla/, /je-/

Noun

*iānuella f (Proto-Western-Romance)

1. little opening

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*iānuella	*iānuellās
accusative	*iānuella	*iānuellās

Reconstruction notes

The base noun iānua also had a Vulgar Latin variant starting in */je-/, judging by its Romance descendants. Cf. ienuārius < ianuārius.

Descendants

• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: ginella, ginell
  • Old French: [Term?]
    • Picard: genelle
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Portuguese: janella, jinella, ginela, genela, genella, jenella, jenela
    • Galician: xanela
    • Portuguese: janela, jinela (see there for further descendants)
    • → Mirandese: jinela, janela

References

• “ginella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “janua”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 29