astla

Latin

Alternative forms

astula (with reinsertion of /ŭ/)

Etymology

From Classical assula, with syncope and epenthesis of /t/. Attested in an inscription (CIL 6, 4444).

Noun

astla f (genitive astlae); first declension (Late Latin)

alternative form of assula (“splinter”)

Derived terms

astella

Descendants

Late Latin: ascla
- Balkan Romance:
  - Aromanian: ashclji, ashcljii, ashclje, iashcljã
  - Romanian: așchie
- Dalmatian:
  - jasca
- Insular Romance:
  - Sardinian: ascra, ascia
- Gallo-Italic:
  - Piedmontese: as-cia
- Gallo-Romance:
  - Franco-Provençal: âclya
    Bressan: aille
    Valdôtain: ôclya, asclya
- Occitano-Romance:
  - Catalan: ascla
  - Occitan: ascla
- Ibero-Romance:
  - Aragonese: ascla
    Belsetán: ixascla (From ex- + ascla)
    Ribagorçan: asclla
  - Old Galician-Portuguese: acha
    - Galician: acha
    - Portuguese: acha
- Borrowings:
  - → Albanian: ashkë, ashër, ashkël (perhaps)
  - → Proto-Brythonic: *asklọd
    - Breton: askleud
    - Welsh: asglod
      - ⇒ Welsh: sglodyn

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “assŭla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 571