Reconstruction:Latin/nocem

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 Classical nucem, with an early lowering from /ŭ/ to [ɔ] for reasons that remain unclear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔːd͡zʲe/

Noun

*nocem f (Proto-Western-Romance)

1. nut

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ˈnɔːd͡zʲes/	*/ˈnɔːd͡zʲes/
oblique	*/ˈnɔːd͡zʲe/	*/ˈnɔːd͡zʲes/

Descendants

• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: nou, anou (Alicante)
  • Gascon: nòde, nòtz
  • Occitan: nòse (all southern dialects)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: nuez

    Ribagorçan: nou, anou; nuesa (Benasqués)

  • Asturian: nuaz, nuoz, anuez, nuez, ñuez
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: [Term?]
    • Galician: noz, anoz, noce
    • Portuguese: noz, nuace (Rio de Onor)
  • Old Spanish: [Term?]
    • Ladino: muez
    • Spanish: nuez

References

• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 920: “noix” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “nuez”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 247
• Malkiel, Yakov. 1988. La agonía del verbo nozir, nuzir 'dañar' en las postrimerías de la Edad Media española. Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica 36. 27–34.
• “nou” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.