Reconstruction:Latin/maneanum

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 māne (“morning”) +‎ -ānum (suffix forming adjectives).

Adjective

IPA^(key): /maˈnʲanu/

Noun

*māneānum (feminine *māneāna) (Proto-Romance)

morning (relational adjective)

Reconstruction notes

The Romance reflexes are all nouns, presumably derived from noun-phases via ellipsis.

Derived terms

*māneāna [hōra?]
- Mozarabic: [script needed] (manyânā) (12th c.)
- Old Galician-Portuguese: mannãa (see there for further descendants)
- Old Leonese:
  - Asturian: mañana
  - Extremaduran: mañana
  - Leonese: mañana
  - Mirandese: manhana
- Old Navarro-Aragonese: manyana
  - Aragonese: manyana
- Old Spanish: mannana (see there for further descendants)
*māneānum [tempus?]
- Sardinian: manzanu, mangianu, mengianu (Campidanese)
- Sassarese: manzanu

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “manĕ”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 182: “…im spanischen wird mane durch dessen ablt. mañana < *maneana (hora) verdrängt, ebenso in pg. manhã⁵), im sardischen durch manzanu < maneanu (tempus)…”