< Reconstruction:Latin
Reconstruction:Latin/cania
Latin
Etymology
Built from canis (“dog”) by analogy with other pairs such as cervia f < cervus m "deer".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaɲɲa/
Noun
*cania f (plural *caniās) (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
- female dog
Descendants
- Franco-Provençal: cagne
- Gallo-Italic of Sicily: [ˈkjeɲa]
- Italian: cagna
- Ladin: [ˈxaɲa] (Erto)
- Occitan: canha
- Romansch: tgogna, chogna; cogna; tganga; chagna
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*cania”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 186