Reconstruction:Latin/granica

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 an ellipsis of a phrase such as *[casa grānica] "grain-house", the latter element an unattested adjective based on grān- (“grain”) +‎ -icus (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡranka/, /ˈɡranɡa/

Noun

*grānica f (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

barn

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*grānica	*grānicās
oblique	*grānica	*grānicās

Descendants

Old Franco-Provençal: grangi, graingi
- Franco-Provençal: grange, granzhe, gronzhe, granze, grandze
Old French: grange, graunge, granche, graunche; greigne, gragne, grainge; grangre (see there for further descendants)
Old Gascon: granga
Old Occitan: granja
- Occitan: granja
→ Alemannic German: Grächen, Grenchen, Gränichen (toponyms)
- [ɡrɛxxa] 'little hay-shed' (dialect of Jaun)

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*granĭca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 227

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