Reconstruction:Latin/micacula

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 mīca (“crumb”) +‎ -cula (diminutive ending).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miˈɡai̯la/

Noun

*mīcācula f (Proto-Western-Romance)

small crumb

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/miˈɡai̯la/	*/miˈɡai̯las/
oblique	*/miˈɡai̯la/	*/miˈɡai̯las/

Descendants

Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: miaille ⇒ miaillon
- Old French: [Term?]
  - Champenois: miaille (Clairvaux)
  - Walloon: miâye (Filly)
- Gascon: migalha (Gironde)
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: migaya
- Galician: migalla
- Portuguese: migalha
- Spanish: migaja

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “mīca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 6/2: Mercatio–Mneme, page 71

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