Reconstruction:Latin/dinarium

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 Classical dēnārius, likely influenced by Byzantine Greek δηνάριον (dinárion, itself borrowed from Latin).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /diˈnai̯ru/

Noun

*dīnārium m (Proto-Western-Romance)?

denarius (coin)
(in general) money

Reconstruction notes

Also worth mentioning are Corsican and Sicilian dinaru, which could derive from either *dīnārium or Classical dēnārium.

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/diˈnai̯ros/	*/diˈnai̯ri/
oblique	*/diˈnai̯ru/	*/diˈnai̯ros/

Descendants

North Italian
- Old Lombard: dinaro
- Old Venetian: dinaro
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: diner
- Gascon: dinèr
- Occitan: dinièr (Languedoc)
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: dinero
- Asturian: dineru
- Old Galician-Portuguese: dĩeiro, dỹeiro
  - Galician: diñeiro
  - Portuguese: dinheiro
- Old Spanish: dinero
  - Spanish: dinero

References

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “dinero”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 497

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