Reconstruction:Latin/mollica
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From mollis (“soft”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
*mollīca f (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | *mollīca | *mollīcās |
oblique | *mollīca | *mollīcās |
Reconstruction notes edit
The reason for the /ˈe/ variant in Western Romance is unclear.
Descendants edit
- Italo-Romance:
- Western Romance:
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*mŏllīca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 49