Reconstruction:Latin/noptias

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Alteration of nuptiās, with the stressed vowel taken from novus (new) or possibly noctem (night).[1] Cf. also *novius (newlywed).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*noptiās f pl (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

  1. wedding

Declension[edit]

singular plural
nominative - */ˈnɔtt͡sʲas/
oblique - */ˈnɔtt͡sʲas/

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “Latin/noptias”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 449