Reconstruction:Latin/tundus

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

Back-derived from Late Latin retundus (< Classical rotundus), with the initial segment interpreted as the prefix re-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtʊndʊs/

Adjective

*tundus (feminine *tunda, neuter *tundum); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Romance)

round

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: tondo
- Neapolitan: tunno
- Sicilian: tunnu
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: tundu, tunnu
North Italian:
- Gallo-Italic:
  - Emilian: tont
  - Lombard: tont
  - Romagnol: tond
- Friulian: tont
- Venetian: tondo
  - → Istriot: tòndo
  - → Istro-Romanian: tond

References

AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1581: “rotondo: rotonda: rotondi” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Buchi, Éva, Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–) “*/reˈtʊnd-u/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.

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