Reconstruction:Latin/clubium

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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κλυβίον (klubíon), from a Semitic language.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkuʎbu/

Noun

*clubium n (Proto-Balkan-Romance)

nest

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative/accusative	*/ˈkuʎbu/	*/ˈkuʎburi/
genitive/dative	*/ˈkuʎbu/	*/ˈkuʎburi/

Reconstruction notes

The expected outcome would have been */ˈkʎujbu/. It appears that /ʎ/ then underwent metathesis and 'kicked out' /j/.

Descendants

Aromanian: cuib, culjb, cuibu, culjbu
Megleno-Romanian: cuľb
Romanian: cuib

References

cuib in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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