Reconstruction:Latin/daculum

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

A diminutive of either *daca (“dagger”) or Gaulish *dalgis (“scythe”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelg- (compare Latin falx or English dalk).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdai̯lu/

Noun

*daculum n (Proto-Western-Romance)

scythe

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ˈdai̯lu/	*/ˈdai̯la/
oblique	*/ˈdai̯lu/	*/ˈdai̯la/

Descendants

North Italian:
- Piedmontese: daj, danh
Gallo-Romance:
- Old Catalan: dayll, dalla
  - Catalan: dall, dalla
    - → Spanish: dalle
- Franco-Provençal: dâly, dâlye
- Old French: dail, daille
- Occitan: dalh, dalha
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: dallo, dalle, dalla

References

“dall” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “*daculum, -a”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 196
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*daculu, -a”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 2

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