Reconstruction:Latin/battuaculum
Latin
Etymology
From batt(u)ō (“beat”) + -culum (instrumental noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /batˈtaklu/, /baˈtaklu/
Noun
*battuāculum ? (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
- clapper (part of a bell)
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: batacchio
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *battuculum
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*battuaculum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 1: A–B, page 289