Reconstruction:Latin/mintula

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 Latin mentula, with the stressed vowel apparently replaced by that of mingō (“urinate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnkla/

Noun

*mintula f (Proto-Romance)

1. penis

Reconstruction notes

For the syncope of /ŭ/, followed by /tl/ > /kl/, cf. vetulus > veclus.

Descendants

• Sardinian: mincra, minca
• Sicilian: minchia, menchia; mìnchia; mincia; minghia; 'nchia
  • → Italian: minchia ⇒ minchione
    • → Middle French: minchon

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mĕntŭla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 752