Reconstruction:Latin/medullum

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

Formed analogically from medulla, which was apparently reinterpreted as a collective neuter plural.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meˈdʊllu/

Noun

*medullum n (Proto-Romance)

marrow

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/meˈdʊllu/	*/meˈdʊlla/
accusative	*/meˈdʊllu/	*/meˈdʊlla/
genitive-dative	*/meˈdʊllo/?	*/meˈdʊllis/

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: midulj n
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: midollo, midolla
  Tuscan: mirollo, merollo, midollo
- Neapolitan: medullo, merullo, metullo
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: maodhu, maoddu, miuddu, meuddu, meduddu
North Italian:
- Ligurian: mòulo, miòlo
- Lombard: mòl, miòl
Gallo-Romance:
- Old Catalan: mooll, mohoyl, mool, moyl
  - Catalan: moll
- Gascon: mesoth, medoth, moth
- Old Occitan: mezol
  - Languedocien: mesolh
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: miollo, megollo
- Asturian: megollu, migollu, miollu
- Old Galician-Portuguese: meolo
  - Galician: miolo
  - Portuguese: miolo
- Spanish: meollo

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “medulla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 638

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