Reconstruction:Latin/fibella

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

From fībula +‎ la (diminutive ending).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fiˈβɛlla/

Noun

*fībella f (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

broach
small pin

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/fiˈβɛlla/	*/fiˈβɛllas/
oblique	*/fiˈβɛlla/	*/fiˈβɛllas/

Reconstruction notes

Several descendants show an initial /θ/ or /s/, perhaps reflecting contamination with another word—if so, it is unclear which one in particular.

Descendants

North Italian:
- Lombard: sivel (Cremona)
- Piedmontese: favella (Val Anzasca)
- Romansch: faviale
Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: favala, favela, fiola
- Norman: civelle
Occitano-Romance:
- Old Catalan: fibella
  - Catalan: sivella
- Old Gascon: fiera, hiera
- Old Occitan: fivela, fuvela
  - Auvergnat: fuvela
  - Languedocien: fivèla
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: fibiella, fabilla
- Old Leonese: [Term?]
  - Asturian: civiella
    Cantabrian: cebilla, cebía
  - Leonese: cebilla
  - Mirandese: sibella
  - Sanabrian: febiella, cebilla
- Old Galician-Portuguese: fivela
  - Galician: fibela, cibela, acibela
  - Portuguese: fivela
- Old Spanish: feviella, fiviella
  - Spanish: hebilla

References

Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “*fibella”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 246
“sivella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*fibella”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 489

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