Reconstruction:Latin/cinquagesima

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 Classical quīnquāgesima via dissimilation of /kʷ/-/kʷ/ to /k/-/kʷ/; compare cīnque, cīnquāgintā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kinkʷaˈɡesɪma/

Numeral

*cīnquāgēsima f (oblique *cīnquāgēsimam); first declension (Proto-Romance)

  1. Whitsunday, Pentecost

Descendants

  • North Italian:
    • Romansch: tschuncaisma
      Puter: tschinquaisma
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French: cinquesme, chinquesme, ciunquesme[1]
      • Middle French: cinquesme
      • Walloon: Cîcweme
      • Middle Dutch: sinxene
        • Dutch: Sinksen
  • Occitano-Romance:
    • Old Catalan: cincogesma, cinquagesma
  • West Iberian:
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: cimquoesma
      • Galician: cincuesma
    • Old Navarro-Aragonese: sinquagesima
    • Old Spanish: cinquaesma
  • Borrowings:
    • Old Irish: cingcices

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “Quinquagesima”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 255