iuncus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *joinikos, cognate with Middle Irish ain (“rushes, reeds”) and Old Norse einir (“juniper”) equated with Latin iūniperus.[1] Kroonen derives it from a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *h₁oy-n-yo-,[2] but Matasović notes that because this group of words is found only in Western Indo-European dialects, it likely originated as a loanword from a non-Indo-European (substrate) source;[3] this is supported by de Vaan.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

iuncus m (genitive iuncī); second declension

  1. rush, reed
    Synonym: scirpus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative iuncus iuncī
genitive iuncī iuncōrum
dative iuncō iuncīs
accusative iuncum iuncōs
ablative iuncō iuncīs
vocative iunce iuncī

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: giunco
    • Sicilian: juncu
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Borrowings:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “iuncus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 313
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ainja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 12
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*yoyni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 437

Further reading

  • “iuncus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "iuncus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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