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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnkla/

Noun edit

*mintula f (Proto-Romance)

penis

Reconstruction notes edit

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

Descendants edit

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

References edit

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