Reconstruction:Latin/ranucula

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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

Etymology

From rāna (“frog”) +‎ -ucula (diminutive ending).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. little frog

Declension

singular plural
nominative */raˈnokla/ */raˈnoklas/
oblique */raˈnokla/ */raˈnoklas/

Reconstruction notes

Competed with, and often displaced, rāna (“frog”). Variant with */ɡ-/ perhaps by analogy with animal names like grāculus (“jackdaw”).

Descendants

References

Further information

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 453: “la rana” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France – map 668: “grenouille” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
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