Reconstruction:Latin/melem
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Classical mel n, with a paragogic /-e/[1] and change in gender. Compare *corem (“heart”), *felem (“bile”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*melem m or f (Proto-Romance)
Reconstruction notes
editNominative */ˈmɛles/ > Old French li miels, Old Occitan lo mels.
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | */ˈmɛles/ | — |
accusative | */ˈmɛle/ | — |
genitive-dative | */ˈmɛli/ | — |
Descendants
edit- Balkan Romance: f
- Dalmatian:
- mil m
- Italo-Romance: m
- Insular Romance: m
- Sardinian: mele, meli (Campidanese)
- Rhaeto-Romance
- Venetian
- Venetian: miel m
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
edit- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1159: “il miele” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Buchi, Éva, Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–) “*/ˈmɛl-e/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.
- ^ Lausberg, Heinrich. 1970. Lingüística románica, I: Fonética. Madrid: Gredos. §189.