Reconstruction:Latin/putricalium

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 *putricus + -ālium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʊtrɪˈkalʲu/

Noun

*putricālium n (plural *putricālia) (Proto-Romance)

1. rot, decay

Related terms

• *putricāre

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Romanian: putregai n
• Gallo-Romance: (some forms influenced by -āceum)
  • Angevin: pouriail
  • Bourbonnais-Berrichon: pourriat, pourrigea, pourrija
  • Franc-Comtois: pourriâ
  • Norman: pourriau
• Ibero-Romance: (with unexpected /k/)
  • Galician: podricallo
  • Leonese: podricajo

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pŭtrĭdus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 643