Reconstruction:Latin/rivuscellum

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 rīvus, made diminutive with the suffix -scellus, for which cf. *glomiscellus < glomus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rosˈcɛllu/

Noun

*rīvuscellum m (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

stream, brook

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/rosˈcɛllos/	*/rosˈcɛlli/
oblique	*/rosˈcɛllu/	*/rosˈcɛllos/

Descendants

Italian: ruscello, roscello (regional)
Old French: ruissel
- French: ruisseau
- Gallo: rusai

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*rīvŭscĕllus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 424

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