Reconstruction:Latin/vespertillum

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 edit

Etymology edit

From vespertiliō +‎ -lum.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /βesperˈtellu/

Noun edit

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

bat (flying animal)

Declension edit

	singular	plural
nominative	*/βesperˈtellos/	*/βesperˈtelli/
oblique	*/βesperˈtellu/	*/βesperˈtellos/

Reconstruction notes edit

There occurred rampant analogy with nouns such as pellis, barba, spīritus, strix, vulpēs: 'hide, beard, spirit, screech-owl, fox'.

Descendants edit

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: vipistrello, vispistrello (archaic), pipistrello (→ French: pipistrelle)
  Tuscany: pripistello, primpistello, pilistrello, pilustrello, pellistrello, papastrello
  
  Marche: spiridillo, spiriticolo
North Italian:
- Emilian: palpastrel, parpastrel, barbastel, balbastrel, barbastjé
- Friulian: barbastin, barbastrin
- Istriot: barbastil
- Romagnol: balbastrel
- Venetian: barbastrello, barbasteo (archaic), barbastrijo, barbastréjo
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: barbastella
  - → French: barbastelle

References edit

Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “vĕspĕrtilio”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 708
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vespertilio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 348