< Reconstruction:Latin
Reconstruction:Latin/granica
Latin
Etymology
From an ellipsis of a phrase such as *[casa grānica] "grain-house", the latter element an unattested adjective based on grān- (“grain”) + -icus (adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Proto-Gallo-Romance) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾanka/, /ˈɡɾanɡa/
Noun
*grānica f (plural *grānicās)
- barn
Descendants
- Old Franco-Provençal: grangi, graingi
- Franco-Provençal: granzhe, gronzhe, granze, grandze
- Old French: grange, graunge, granche, graunche; greigne, gragne, grainge; grangre (see there for further descendants)
- Old Gascon: granga
- Old Occitan: granja
- Occitan: granja
- → Alemannic German: Grächen, Grenchen, Gränichen (toponyms)
- - [ɡrɛxxa] 'little hay-shed' (dialect of Jaun)
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*granĭca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 227