Reconstruction:Latin/glaciarium

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From glaciēs (“ice”) +‎ -ārium.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡlaˈt͡sai̯ru/, /-t͡ʃ-/

Noun[edit]

*glaciārium (Proto-Western-Romance)

  1. glacier

Reconstruction notes[edit]

The descendants form a continuous belt along the Alps.[1]

Descendants[edit]

  • Franco-Provençal: gllaciér, lyassé, yèchi; glacier
    • → French: glacier (see there for further descendants)
  • Romansch: glatscher
    • → High Alemannic German: Gletscher
      • → German: Gletscher (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  • “glatscher”, in Dicziunari Rumantsch Grischun (in German)
  1. ^ AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 426a: “il ghiacciaio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
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