Reconstruction:Latin/blancus

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Proto-Italo-Western Romance) /ˈblankos/

Adjective

*blancus (feminine *blanca, neuter *blancum); first/second-declension adjective

white

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: biancu
  - Gallurese: biancu
- Italian: bianco
  - → German: blanko
  - → Istriot: bianco
  - → Sabir: bianco
  - → Sardinian: biancu
- Neapolitan: janco
- Sassarese: biancu
- Sicilian: jancu
Padanian:
- Emilian: bianc
- Friulian: blanc
  - →? Dalmatian: blanc
- Ladin: bianch
- Ligurian: gianco
- Lombard: bianc, biénc (Alpine)
- Piedmontese: bianc
- Romagnol: biench
- Venetian: bianco
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: blanc, blyanc
- Old French: blanc (see there for further descendants)
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Aragonese: blanco, blango, bllanco (Ribagorçan)
- Catalan: blanc
- Occitan: blanc
Ibero-Romance:
- Navarro-Aragonese: blanco
- Old Leonese: blanco
  - Asturian: blancu
  - Extremaduran: brancu, blancu
  - Leonese: brancu
  - Mirandese: branco
- Old Portuguese: branco (see there for further descendants)
- Old Spanish: blanco
  - Ladino: blanko
  - Spanish: blanco (see there for further descendants)