Reconstruction:Latin/mintula
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Latin mentula, with the stressed vowel apparently replaced by that of mingō (“urinate”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*mintula f (Proto-Romance)
Reconstruction notes
editFor the syncope of /ŭ/, followed by /tl/ > /kl/, cf. vetulus > veclus.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mĕntŭla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 752