Reconstruction:Latin/clubium

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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κλυβίον (klubíon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuʎbu/

Noun

*clubium n (Proto-Balkan-Romance)

  1. nest

Reconstruction notes

At first probably with */kʎ-/, judging by the Greek, then with metathesis of */ʎ/.

Descendants

  • Aromanian: cuib, culjb, cuibu, culjbu
  • Megleno-Romanian: cuľb
  • Romanian: cuib

References

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