Reconstruction:Latin/medullum
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Formed analogically from medulla, which was apparently reinterpreted as a collective neuter plural. Compare the attested Medullum.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*medullum n (pl *medulla) (Proto-Romance)
Descendants[edit]
- Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: midulj n
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References[edit]
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “medulla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 638