oclus

Latin

From Latin oculus via syncope of unstressed /u/.

oclus m (genitive oclī); second declension

(Late Latin, proscribed) eye
- 3rd–4th century, Appendix Probi:
  oculus non oclus
  [Say or write] oculus, not oclus.

Second-declension noun.

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: oclju
- Megleno-Romanian: uocľu
- Istro-Romanian: ocľu
- Romanian: ochi
Dalmatian:
- uaclo, vaclo
Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: ochju
- Italian: occhio
- Neapolitan: uocchio
  Tarantino: uècchije
- Sicilian: occhiu
Padanian:
- Emilian: òć
- Friulian: voli
- Istriot: uocio
- Ladin: uedl
- Ligurian: éuggio
- Lombard: oeugg, öcc
- Piedmontese: eucc, euj
- Romagnol: òcc
- Romansch: egl, îgl, îl, ögl
- Venetian: ocio
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Old Francoprovençal: oil
  - Franco-Provençal: oil, ueil (Savoy)
- Old French: ueil, oeil, oel, oil, ol, uel
  - Bourguignon: euïl
  - Champenois: euil
  - Franc-Comtois: ouil
  - Gallo: oélh
  - Middle French: œil (see there for further descendants)
  - Norman: uû
  - Picard: euil, ziu
  - Poitevin-Saintongeais: éll
  - Tourangeau: gieuil
  - Walloon: iy, ouy
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: ull
- Old Occitan: olh
  - Occitan: uèlh
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: güello, uello
- Mozarabic: ולויש‎ (wlwyš) (only the plural is attested)
- Old Leonese:
  - Asturian: güeyu
  - Leonese: gueyu
  - Mirandese: uolho
- Old Portuguese: ollo
  - Eonavian: oyo
  - Fala: ollu
  - Galician: ollo
  - Portuguese: olho (see there for further descendants)
- Old Spanish: ojo
  - Ladino: ojo
  - Spanish: ojo (see there for further descendants)
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian:
  Campidanese: ogu, ogru
  Logudorese: oju, ogiu, ociu