Reconstruction:Latin/sicilare
Latin
editAlternative forms
edit- *siculāre (Gallo-Roman)
Etymology
editFrom sicilis/*sicila (“sickle”) + -āre (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*sicilare (Proto-Romance)
Descendants
edit- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- North Italian:
- Friulian: seselâ
- Gallo-Romance: (via the variant *siculare)
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sĭcĭlis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 11: S–Si, page 591