Reconstruction:Latin/alisna

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

Alternative forms

• *lexena

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *alasnu (“awl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlɪsna/

Noun

*alisna f (oblique *alisnam); first declension

1. awl

Inflection

First declension.

Italo-Western declension of *alisna
Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	*alẹ́sna	*alẹ́snę
genitive	*alẹ́snę	*alẹsnárọ
dative	*alẹ́snę	*alẹ́snis
accusative-ablative	*alẹ́snã	*alẹ́snas

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: lesina
    • → French: lésine
• Padanian:
  • Emilian: leisna, lesna
  • Ligurian: læxina, lèixna, lèixa, lérna
  • Lombard: lisna, lesna
  • Piedmontese: lèisna, laisna, lesna
  • Romagnol: lesna, leisna
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Norman: alêne
  • Old French: alesne, alein, aleine
    • Middle French: alesne
      • French: alêne, alène
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Aragonese: lesna
  • Catalan: alena
  • Old Occitan: alsena
    • Occitan: alzena, alsena

      Gascon: lesena, lesia, lisia, lasia

      Vivaro-Alpine: lesena

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Spanish: alesna, alansa, alunsa
    • Spanish: alesna, lesna, lezna