Reconstruction:Latin/mania

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 manus (“hand”) +‎ -ia (abstract noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmaɲɲa/

Noun

*mania f (Proto-Western-Romance)

manual skill

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ˈmaɲɲa/	*/ˈmaɲɲas/
oblique	*/ˈmaɲɲa/	*/ˈmaɲɲas/

Descendants

Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: manya
- Occitan: manha
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: maña
- Mirandese: manha
- Old Galician-Portuguese: manha, manna
  - Galician: maña
  - Portuguese: manha
- Old Spanish: manna
  - Spanish: maña

References

Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “maña”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 831
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*mania”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 202