Reconstruction:Latin/noptias

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

Alteration of nuptiās, with the stressed vowel taken from novus (“new”) or possibly noctem (“night”).^[1] Cf. also *novius (“newlywed”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɔtt͡sʲas/

Noun

*noptiās f pl (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

wedding

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	-	*/ˈnɔtt͡sʲas/
oblique	-	*/ˈnɔtt͡sʲas/

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: nozze
North Italian:
- Friulian: gnocis
- Gallo-Italic:
  - Ligurian: nòsse
  - Piedmontese: nòsse
- Ladin: noza
- Romansch: nozas
- Venetan: nose, nòçe
Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: noces, nueches
  - French: noces, noce
  - Norman: neuches, neuche, neauche, nöch
  - Picard: neuche
  - Walloon: noice, nôce
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: noces
- Gascon: noça, nòça
- Occitan: nòças, nòça
  Provençal: nuaça, nuèça
  
  Vivaro-Alpine: nuòça, nuèça

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “nŭptiae”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 7: N–Pas, page 245

^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “Latin/noptias”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 449

[1] Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “Latin/noptias”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 449

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