Reconstruction:Latin/baccinum

This Latin entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From bacca (“wine jug”), from Gaulish *baskis, from Proto-Celtic *baskis (“bundle”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbak.ki.num/, [ˈbak.kɪ.nũ]

(Vulgar) IPA^(key): /ˈβak.ki.num/, [ˈbak.kʲe.nõ]

Noun

*baccinum n (genitive *baccinī); second declension

(Vulgar Latin) A wide bowl

Declension

Second declension neuter.

Italo-Western declension of *baccinum
Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	*báccẹnọ	*báccẹna
genitive	*báccẹni	*baccẹnọ́rọ
dative	*báccẹnọ	*báccẹnis
accusative-ablative	*báccẹnọ	*báccẹna

Descendants

Old French: bacin
- French: bassin
- Norman: bachîn (Jersey)
- → Middle English: basin, bacin
  - English: basin
  - → Irish: báisín
Portuguese: bacio
Italian: bacino