Reconstruction:Latin/brachiatellus

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

*brachiātellus

Alternative forms

*brāchiātella f

Etymology

From brāchiātus (“of the arm”) +‎ -ellus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bratt͡ʃaˈtɛllos/

Noun

*brāchiātellus m (plural *brāchiātellī) (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

small armful[1]
support or stay[1]
kind of small cake or pastry[2][3]

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: braccialélla
- Italian: bracciatello, bracciatella, bracciadella
- Neapolitan:
  Abruzzese: vracciatella, vrecciatella
  Barese: vrezzalìidde
- Sicilian: vrazzatedda
North Italian:
- Old Emilian: braçadella
  - Emilian: brazadèl, brazadèla
    - → English: brasadel
    - → Italian: brasadel
- Ladin: bracidel
- Lombard: brassadèl, brassadèla
  Eastern: brasciadêla
  Pavese: brasadé
  Ticinese: brasciadela
- Romagnol: brasdal, brazadèl
- Venetian: brasadelo, brazadelo
- → Italian: brazzatella
Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal:
  Fribourgeois: brechie
  Vaudois: brecé
- Old French: *bracedel, *bracel
  - Middle French: bresseau
  - → Medieval Latin: bracellus
Occitano-Romance:
- Old Occitan: brasadel
  - Occitan: brassadèl, braçadèl
    Provençal: brassadèu, braçadèu
Borrowings:
- → Old High German: brēzitella (see there for further descendants) ⇒ brēzza (see there for further descendants)

References

Pfister, Max; Schweickard, Wolfgang (1979-), “bra(c)chium”, in Lessico etimologico italiano, Mainz: Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, pages 1-97.
Thomas, A. (1906), “Bretzel”, in Romania: Recueil Trimestriel de Langues et des Littératures Romanes‎, volume 35, issue 138, Paris: Librarie Ancienne Honoré Champion, pages 301-302.
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “brachium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, pages 486–487

[LEI-1] Pfister, Max; Schweickard, Wolfgang (1979-), “bra(c)chium”, in Lessico etimologico italiano, Mainz: Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, pages 1-97.

[2] Thomas, A. (1906), “Bretzel”, in Romania: Recueil Trimestriel de Langues et des Littératures Romanes‎, volume 35, issue 138, Paris: Librarie Ancienne Honoré Champion, pages 301-302.

[3] Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “brachium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, pages 486–487