Reconstruction:Latin/ranucula

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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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From rāna (frog) +‎ -ucula (diminutive ending).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*rānucula f (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

  1. little frog

Declension

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singular plural
nominative */raˈnokla/ */raˈnoklas/
oblique */raˈnokla/ */raˈnoklas/

Reconstruction notes

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Competed with, and often displaced, rāna (frog). Variant with */ɡ-/ perhaps by analogy with animal names like grāculus (jackdaw).

Descendants

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References

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Further information

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 453: “la rana” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 668: “grenouille” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr