Reconstruction:Latin/aviolum

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

Masculinization of aviola (“grandmother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈβʲɔːlu/

Noun

*aviolum m (Proto-Western-Romance)

1. grandfather

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/aˈβʲɔːlos/	*/aˈβʲɔːli/
oblique	*/aˈβʲɔːlu/	*/aˈβʲɔːlos/

Reconstruction notes

Proto-Ibero-Romance and its descendants reflect a depalatalized variant */aˈβɔːlu/.

For the /βʲ/ > /j/ in French, cf. caveola > gaiole.

Descendants

• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: aviôl, ayú
  • Old French: aiol, aiuel
    • French: aïeul
    • → Middle English: aiel, ayel, ayeul, aile
      • English: ayel, ayle (obsolete)
  • Occitan: aujòl
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: agüelo
  • Asturian: güelu, buelu
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: avoo, avol
    • Galician: avó
    • Portuguese: avô
  • Old Spanish: avuelo
    • Spanish: abuelo (see there for further descendants)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*aviŏla; *aviŏlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 1233