Reconstruction:Latin/levius

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

Alteration of Latin levis. First attested in Old Occitan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɛβʲʊs/

Adjective

*levius (feminine *levia, neuter *levium); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Romance)

light (in weight)

Reconstruction notes

Took on the sense of "cork" throughout most of Gallo-Romance. Original sense of "light" survives in other branches of Romance as well as Gascon.

Derived terms

*leviārius

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Neapolitan: lieggio, liggio
- Sicilian: lieggiu, leggiu
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian:
  Campidanese: lebiu
  
  Logudorese: lebiu
  
  Nuorese: lepiu
Gallo-Romance (all meaning "cork"):
- Franco-Provençal: liéjo, lyezhou, lidzo, yédzo
- Oïl:
  - Angevin: iage
  - Bourbonnais-Berrichon: iege
  - Bourguignon: liage
  - Champenois: guêche, iyide
  - Franc-Comtois: lîdje, lidzou
  - French: liège
  - Gallo: liaije
Occitano-Romance:
- Old Occitan: leuge (“light”) ⇒ leujor (“lightness”)
  - Gascon:
    lèuge (“light, empty”)
    
    lèujas, lhejas (“lungs”)
    
    ⇒ lauyíu (“light, of little worth”)
- Old Occitan: liege, leuge (“cork”)
  - Auvergnat: lèuge
  - Gascon: lèuge, léuja
  - Languedocien: lèuge
  - Limousin: lèuge
  - Provençal: lègi, lhège
    Niçard lèuge
  - Vivaro-Alpine: lhèage, lhège

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*levius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 291

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