Reconstruction:Latin/aviolum

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

Alternative forms

*avulus

Etymology

Masculinized from aviola.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈβʲɔːlu/

Noun

*aviolum m (Proto-Western-Romance)

grandfather

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/aˈβʲɔːlos/	*/aˈβʲɔːli/
oblique	*/aˈβʲɔːlu/	*/aˈβʲɔːlos/

Reconstruction notes

Proto-Ibero-Romance and its descendants have innovated a depalatalized variant */aˈβɔːlu/. For the /βʲ/ > /j/ in French, cf. caveola > gaiole.

Descendants

Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: aviôl, ayú
- Old French: aiol, aiuel
  - French: aïeul
  - → Middle English: aiel, ayel, ayeul, aile
    - English: ayel, ayle (obsolete)
- Occitan: aujòl
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: agüelo
- Asturian: güelu, buelu
- Old Galician-Portuguese: avoo
  - Galician: avó
  - Portuguese: avô
- Spanish: abuelo (see there for further descendants)

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*aviŏla; *aviŏlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 1233

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