Reconstruction:Latin/medullum

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

    Formed analogically from medulla, which was apparently reinterpreted as a collective neuter plural. Compare the attested Medullum.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /meˈdʊllu/

    Noun

    *medullum n (pl *medulla) (Proto-Romance)

    1. marrow

    Descendants

    • Balkan Romance:
      • Aromanian: midulj n
    • Italo-Romance:
    • Insular Romance:
      • Sardinian: maodhu, maoddu, miuddu, meuddu, meduddu
    • North Italian:
      • Ligurian: mòulo, miòlo
      • Lombard: mòl, miòl
    • Gallo-Romance:
      • Old Catalan: mooll, mohoyl, mool, moyl
      • Gascon: mesoth, medoth, moth
      • Old Occitan: mezol
        • Languedocien: mesolh
    • Ibero-Romance:
      • Aragonese: miollo, megollo
      • Asturian: megollu, migollu, miollu
      • Mirandese: miolho
      • Old Galician-Portuguese: meolo
      • Old Spanish: meollo

    References

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