Reconstruction:Latin/novium

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

Related to novus (“new”), perhaps representing a borrowing of some descendant of Proto-Indo-European *néwyos. Possibly documented in the personal name Novius, a hapax from southern Italy.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈnɔβju/

Noun edit

*novium m (Proto-Western-Romance)

newlywed

Declension edit

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ˈnɔβjos/	*/ˈnɔβji/^?
oblique	*/ˈnɔβju/	*/ˈnɔβjos/

Descendants edit

Gallo-Romance:
- Occitan: novi
- Old Catalan: novi
  - Catalan: nuvi
Ibero-Romance:
- Portuguese: noivo
- Spanish: novio (see there for further descendants)
→ Berber: tenunbia

References edit

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “nuevo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 246