Reconstruction:Latin/usitilium

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

Modification of Classical ūtēnsilia, evidently reshaped after ūsō (“use”, verb), but the reason for the change in the initial vowel remains unclear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oseˈteʎʎu/

Noun

*usitilium n (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

  1. tool

Reconstruction notes

Per the etymology, the plural form would have come first, with the singular resulting from a back-formation.

Declension

singular plural
nominative */oseˈteʎʎu/ */oseˈteʎʎa/
oblique */oseˈteʎʎu/ */oseˈteʎʎa/

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance: m
    • Italian: stiglio
    • Sicilian: stigghiu
      Calabria: stigliu
  • North Italian:
    • Lombard: odesèll m sg; usadei, osadei, osdei, usadegli m pl
    • Old Ligurian: uxele f pl
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French: ostille, houtile f, ostil, ustil m
    • Old Gascon: ostilye, ustilye f

References

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