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Reconstruction:Latin/dominionem

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 dominus (“master, lord”) +‎ -iōnem[1] apparently with an etymological sense like ‘dominant tower’.[2] Compare *pinniōnem (‘gable’ < pinna)[3] or *summiōnem (‘peak’ < summus).[4]

It has also been claimed to derive from Frankish *dungijā f (from Proto-Germanic *dungijǭ ‘dung-heap; apartment, bower’), which would not explain the /m/ in Occitan and Medieval Latin. The attempt of Gamillscheg[5] to explain these as an adaptation of Old Northern French dognon is unconvincing.[6] Note also the absence from Romance of any feminine form or any sense matching the Germanic.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /domˈɲoːn/

Noun

*dominiōnem m (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

  1. donjon (main tower of a castle)

Declension
singular plural
nominative */domˈɲoːns/ */domˈɲoːn/
oblique */domˈɲoːn/ */domˈɲoːns/

Descendants
  • Old French: donjon
    • French: donjon (see there for further descendants)
    • Picard: donjôn (Athois)
    • → Middle English: dongeoun (partly)
    • → Medieval Latin: donjōnus
  • Old Occitan: domnhon, domnon, domejon; dromnhom, dromon; donjon

References
  1. van Osta, Ward (1992) “Donk: Semantisch en Etymologisch”, in Naamkunde‎, volume 24, Leuven: Het Instituut voor Naamkunde: “fra. donjon teruggaat op vulg. lat. *dominio(nem) ‘toren van de heer’”
  2. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*dominiō”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 130: “Das wort, das mlt. als dunjo, domnio erscheint, ist eine frühe, nur gallorom. 2) ablt. von dominus.”
  3. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pĭnnio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 539
  4. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*summio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 12: Sk–š, page 427
  5. Gamillscheg, Ernst (1931) “Frz. donjon „Schloßturm"”, in Zeitschrift für französische Sprache und Literatur‎, volume 54, number 3/4, Franz Steiner Verlag
  6. Pfister, M. (1973) “La répartition géographique des éléments franciques en gallo-romanz”, in Revue de linguistique romane, volume 37, Société de Linguistique Romane, →DOI, page 149
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