Reconstruction:Latin/felem

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 fel n, with a paragogic /-e/^[1] and change in gender. Compare *corem (“heart”), *melem (“honey”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛle/

Noun

*felem m or f (Proto-Romance)

bile

Descendants

Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: fele, feli m
Balkano-Romance: f
- Aromanian: heari
- Romanian: fiere
Italo-Dalmatian: m
- Dalmatian: fial
- Italian: fele, felle, fiele
- Neapolitan: fele
- Sicilian: feli
- Venetan: fiel m or f
Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: fêl f
- Romansch: feil m
Gallo-Italic:
- Emilian: fela f, fel m
- Ligurian: fê f
- Lombard: fel f
- Piedmontese: fel f
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: fel m or f
- French: fiel m
- Occitan: fèl m
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: fiel m
- Asturian: fiel ?
- Old Galician-Portuguese: fel m
  - Fala: fel, fe f
  - Galician: fel m
  - Portuguese: fel m
- Old Spanish: fiel f
  - Ladino: fiel f
  - Spanish: hiel f

References

AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 140: “il fiele” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

^ Lausberg, Heinrich. 1970. Lingüística románica, I: Fonética. Madrid: Gredos. §189.

[1] Lausberg, Heinrich. 1970. Lingüística románica, I: Fonética. Madrid: Gredos. §189.

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