Reconstruction:Latin/manicella
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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From manica (“sleeve”) + -ella (diminutive ending).
Noun
*manicella f (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
- little sleeve
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | */maneˈcɛlla/ | */maneˈcɛllas/ |
| oblique | */maneˈcɛlla/ | */maneˈcɛllas/ |
Descendants
- Old French: mancele
- → Old Irish: muinchille
- Irish: muinchille, muinchilte, muinille, muinirthle, muinirtle
- Manx: muinneel
- Scottish Gaelic: muinichill, muinchill, muilchinn (Harris, Uist, Barra, Argyll, Southwest Perthshire), muilcheann (Skye, Sutherland, Easter Ross, West Inverness-shire), muilchdinn (Wester Ross), muilchill (Strathspey), muilchear (Perthshire, Deeside), muille (Arran)
Etymology 2
From manicula (“little hand”) + -la (diminutive ending).
Noun
*manicella f (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
- little handle
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | */maneˈcɛlla/ | */maneˈcɛllas/ |
| oblique | */maneˈcɛlla/ | */maneˈcɛllas/ |
Descendants
- Franco-Provençal: (Mignovillard)
- Old French: mancelle, manselles
- Norman: mancélès (Fourges)
- Old Italian:
- → Medieval Latin: manicella (attested 1295)
- ⇒ Spanish: mancera (change of suffix)
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*manĭcĕlla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 215