Reconstruction:Latin/pulica
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From pūlic- (“flea”) + -a (feminine ending).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpuːleɡa/
Noun
*pūlica f (Proto-Western-Romance)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | */ˈpuːleɡa/ | */ˈpuːleɡas/ |
| oblique | */ˈpuːleɡa/ | */ˈpuːleɡas/ |
Descendants
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 474: “la pulce; le pulci” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “pulga”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 685