Reconstruction:Latin/micacula

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 mīca (“crumb”) +‎ -cula (diminutive ending).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miˈɡaʎʎa/

Noun

*mīcācula f (Proto-Western-Romance)

small crumb

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/miˈɡaʎʎa/	*/miˈɡaʎʎas/
oblique	*/miˈɡaʎʎa/	*/miˈɡaʎʎas/

Descendants

Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: miaille ⇒ miaillon
- Old French: mieille
  - Champenois: miaille (Clairvaux)
  - Walloon: miâye (Filly)
- Gascon: migalha (Gironde)
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: migaya
- Galician: migalla
- Portuguese: migalha
- Spanish: migaja

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mīca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/2: Mercatio–Mneme, page 71

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