Reconstruction:Latin/cania

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

Built from canis (“dog”) by analogy with other pairs such as cervia f < cervus m "deer" or caprea f < caper m (“goat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɲɲa/

Noun

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

1. female dog

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ˈkaɲɲa/	*/ˈkaɲɲas/
oblique	*/ˈkaɲɲa/	*/ˈkaɲɲas/

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: cagna
    • → Franco-Provençal: cagne
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Ladin: [ˈxaɲa] (Erto)
  • Romansch: tgogna
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Gallo-Italic of Sicily: [ˈkjeɲa]
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Occitan: canha
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: canya

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*cania”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 186