< Reconstruction:Latin
Reconstruction:Latin/ianuella
Latin
Etymology
From iānua (“door, entry”) + -ella (diminutive ending).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /janˈwɛlla/, /je-/
Noun
*iānuella f (plural *iānuellās) (Proto-Western-Romance)
- little opening
Reconstruction notes
The base noun iānua also had a Vulgar Latin variant starting in */je-/, judging by its Romance descendants. Cf. ienuārius < ianuārius.
Descendants
- Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: ginella, ginell
- Old French: [Term?]
- Picard: genelle
- Ibero-Romance:
- Old Portuguese: janella, jinella, ginela, genela, genella, jenella, jenela
- Galician: xanela
- Portuguese: janela, jinela (see there for further descendants)
- → Mirandese: jinela, janela
- Old Portuguese: janella, jinella, ginela, genela, genella, jenella, jenela
References
- “ginella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “janua”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 29