Reconstruction:Latin/fagina

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

Ellipsis of [mūstēla] *fāgīna (literally “beech weasel”), from an adjective *fāgīnus (“beechen”) from fāgus (“beech”) +‎ -īnus, for which compare fāginus (“beechen”).

Noun

*fāgīna f (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

  1. beech marten

Descendants

  • Franco-Provençal: fouéna
  • Old French: foïne, fouine, faïne
    • French: fouine
    • → Aragonese: fuina
    • → Old Galician-Portuguese:
      • Galician: fuiña
      • Portuguese: fuinha
    • → Spanish: fuina
    • → English: foin
  • Friulian: faìne
  • Italian: faina, foina (archaic), foino m (archaic), foina
  • Occitano-Romance
    • Aragonese: faína
    • Catalan: fagina
    • Occitan: faïna
  • Sicilian: faina
  • Venetan: fuìna, foìna


References

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