Reconstruction:Latin/felem

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 Classical fel n, with a paragogic /-e/[1] and change in gender. Compare *corem (“heart”), *melem (“honey”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛle/

Noun

*felem m or f (Proto-Romance)

bile

Descendants

Balkan Romance: f
- Aromanian: heari
- Romanian: fiere
Dalmatian:
- fial m
Italo-Romance: m
- Italian: fiele
- Neapolitan: fele
- Sicilian: feli
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: fele, feli m
North Italian:
- Gallo-Italic:
  - Emilian: fela f, fel m
  - Ligurian: fê f
  - Lombard: fel f
  - Piedmontese: fel f
- Friulian: fêl f
- Romansch: feil m
- Venetian: fiel m or f
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: fel m or f
- French: fiel m
- Occitan: fèl m
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: fiel m
- Asturian: fiel ?
- Fala: fel, fe f
- Galician: fel m
- Ladino: fiel f
- Portuguese: fel m
- Spanish: hiel f

References

AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 140: “il fiele” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Lausberg, Heinrich. 1970. Lingüística románica, I: Fonética. Madrid: Gredos. §189.

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[1] Lausberg, Heinrich. 1970. Lingüística románica, I: Fonética. Madrid: Gredos. §189.