Reconstruction:Latin/maneanum

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

*māneāna (Iberia)

Etymology

Ellipsis of tempus *māneānum (literally “morning time”) (or some other such phrase), the latter element an unattested adjective built from māne n (“morning”) +‎ -ānum (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maˈnʲanu/

Noun

*māneānum n (Proto-Romance)

morning

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/maˈnʲanu/	*/maˈnʲana/
accusative	*/maˈnʲanu/	*/maˈnʲana/
genitive-dative	*/maˈnʲano/?	*/maˈnʲanis/

Reconstruction notes

The Iberian *māneāna may reflect ellipsis of *[hōra māneāna] (literally “morning hour”), or perhaps the plural of *maneānum. Compare focācium.

Descendants

Insular Romance:
- Old Sardinian: [Term?]
  - Sardinian: manzanu, mangianu, mengianu
  - Sassarese: manzanu
Ibero-Romance:
- Mozarabic: [script needed] (manyânā) (12th c.)
- Navarro-Aragonese: manyana
  - Aragonese: mañana
- Old Leonese: [Term?]
  - Asturian: mañana, mañá
  - Extremaduran: mañana
  - Leonese: mañana
  - Mirandese: manhana
- Old Galician-Portuguese: mannãa (see there for further descendants)
- Old Spanish: mannana (see there for further descendants)

References

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “mañana”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 833

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