Reconstruction:Latin/pectiniculum
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom pectin- (“comb”) + -culum (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*pectinī̆culum n (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
- (literally) little comb
- pubis, pubic hair
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | */pekteˈniklu, -e-/ | */pekteˈnikla, -e-/ |
oblique | */pekteˈniklu, -e-/ | */pekteˈnikla, -e-/ |
Reconstruction notes
editUnless otherwise noted, all descendants have sense 2 (already attested for the base noun pecten in Juvenal).
Descendants
edit- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: pettinicchia f (“fine comb, little saw”)
- Old Italian: pettinicchio, pettinecchio, pettenecchio, petinicchio
- Sicilian: pittinicchiu (“fine comb”), pittinicchi, pittinicchia (“pork ribs”)
- North Italian:
- Venetian: petenecio, petenechio, petenegio
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: pentenill
- Occitan: penchenilha f (“field eryngo”)
- Old Occitan: penchenil, penilh (“worthless person”)
- Languedocien: penchenilh (“worthless person”)
- Provençal: penieu (“worthless person”)
- Ibero-Romance:
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pĕctĭnīculum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 108