Reconstruction:Latin/pectiniculum

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 pectin- (“comb”) +‎ -culum (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /pekteˈniklu/, /pekteˈneklu/

Noun edit

*pectinī̆culum n (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

(literally) little comb
pubis, pubic hair

Declension edit

	singular	plural
nominative	*/pekteˈniklu, -e-/	*/pekteˈnikla, -e-/
oblique	*/pekteˈniklu, -e-/	*/pekteˈnikla, -e-/

Reconstruction notes edit

Unless 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:
- Old French: penil m, poinil m, poinille f
  - Angevin: penille f (“loose ear of corn”), penoille f (“bearded ryegrass”)
  - French: pénil m
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:
- Asturian: pendeyu
- Galician: pentello
- Portuguese: pentelho
- Spanish: pendejo
  - → Asturian: pendexu

References edit

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pĕctĭnīculum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 108