Reconstruction:Latin/levitum

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 a nominalization of the neuter of *levitus, alteration of Classical levātus (“raised, lifted”, past participle of levāre), by analogy with other participles such as domitus < domāre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɛβetu/

Noun

*levitum n (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

yeast
Synonym: *levāmen

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ˈlɛβetu/	*/ˈlɛβeta/
oblique	*/ˈlɛβetu/	*/ˈlɛβeta/

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: lievito m
  Central dialects: levitu, leveto m, lieveta f
- Sicilian: levitu, lievitu m
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: lleute m
- Gascon: lhèute m
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: lleuto m
- Asturian: lleldu m
- Leonese: llouda f (Sanabria)
- Old Galician-Portuguese: levedo m
  - Galician: lévedo, leldo, lévado
  - Portuguese: lêvedo
- Old Spanish: lebdo m
  - Ladino: levdo
  - Spanish: leudo, lieldo (Ávila)

References

AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 235: “il lievito” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*lĕvĭtum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 291

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