Reconstruction:Latin/rapidium

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 rapidus +‎ -ium (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈbejju/

Noun

*rapidium n (Proto-Western-Romance)

1. raging stream

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/raˈbejju/	*/raˈbejja/
oblique	*/raˈbejju/	*/raˈbejja/

Descendants

• North Italian: f
  • Ligurian: raveza (Taggia)
  • Piedmontese: ravuza
• Gallo-Romance: m
  • Catalan: rabeig
  • Old Franco-Provençal: rabeich
  • Old French: ravoi ⇒ ravoir
    • Bourbonnais-Berrichon: ravoué
    • Poitevin-Saintongeais: raboi
  • Gascon: arrabey, arrabí, arrabén
  • Old Occitan: rabei, rabeg

References

• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “*rapidium”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 529
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*rapidium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 65