Reconstruction:Latin/ramuscellum

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 Late Latin rāmusculum m (“little branch”) +‎ -lum (diminutive ending), hence a double-diminutive like *arbuscellum or *rīvuscellum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ramosˈcɛllu/

Noun

*rāmuscellum m (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. little branch

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ramosˈcɛllos/	*/ramosˈcɛlli/
oblique	*/ramosˈcɛllu/	*/ramosˈcɛllos/

Descendants

• Italian: ramoscello
• Old French: rainsel, reinssel, rainsciel; rainchiaus (Picard, plural)
  • Middle French: rainseau, rinseau, rinceau
  • Walloon: rinhê, rèhê

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*ramuscĕllus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 51