Reconstruction:Latin/cava

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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

Alternative forms

  • *cāva, *cawa, *cāwa

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *kawa (“chough, jackdaw”). Likely influenced by or a confluence with a Gaulish *kawā, from Proto-Celtic *kawannos (“owl”).

Pronunciation

Noun

*cava f (oblique *cavam); first declension (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)?

  1. species of crow, jackdaw, jay, rook
  2. barn-owl, owl

Declension

singular plural
nominative */ˈkaβa/ */ˈkaβas/
oblique */ˈkaβa/ */ˈkaβas/

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Greimas, A.J. (1969) “choe, chave”, in Dictionnaire de l'ancien francais jusq'uau milieu du XIVe siècle (in French), Paris: Larousse, page 113: “francique *kawa”
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kawanno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 196
  3. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=bYMcAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA187
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