Reconstruction:Latin/superculum

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

Perhaps from superus (“higher, superior”) +‎ -culus (diminutive ending).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈpɛrklu/

Adjective

*superculum (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. excessive

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: soperchio, superchio, soverchio
    • → Middle French: supercle
  • Sicilian: superchiu
• Western Romance:
  • Old French: souvercle (hapax)
  • Piedmontese: [Term?]
    • →⇒ Franco-Provençal: soperchar
  • Old Spanish: sobejo (with an early, and mysterious, loss of /r/)
    • Spanish: sobejo
    • →? Old Galician-Portuguese: sobejo
      • Galician: sobexo
      • Portuguese: sobejo

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*superculus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 12: Sk–š, page 439