Reconstruction:Latin/eccum hac

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

Alternative forms

*ecce hāc

Etymology

From eccum (deictic) +‎ hāc (“this way, here”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /(a)kˈkʷak/

Adverb

*eccum hāc (not comparable) (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

here, hither

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: qua
- Neapolitan: ccà
- Sicilian: ccà
Ibero-Romance:
- Spanish: acá
- Galician: acá
- Portuguese: acá (literary or dialectal) ⇒ cá (aphaeretic)

References

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “aquí”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 307
qua² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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