Reconstruction:Latin/pulica
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom pūlic- (“flea”) + -a (feminine ending).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*pūlica f (Proto-Western-Romance)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | */ˈpuːleɡa/ | */ˈpuːleɡas/ |
oblique | */ˈpuːleɡa/ | */ˈpuːleɡas/ |
Descendants
edit- North Italian:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Sicilian: appulicari (ad + *pulica + -are)
References
edit- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 474: “la pulce; le pulci” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “pulga”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 685