Reconstruction:Latin/manicella

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maneˈcɛlla/

Etymology 1

From manica (“sleeve”) +‎ -ella (diminutive ending).

Noun

*manicella f (plural *manicellās) (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

little sleeve

Descendants

Old French: mancele
- Angevin: maincelle
- ⇒ Middle French: mancelon
→ Old Irish: muinchille
- Irish: muinchille

Etymology 2

From manicula (“little hand”) +‎ -la (diminutive ending).

Noun

*manicella f (plural *manicellās) (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

little handle

Descendants

Franco-Provençal: [mãˈselo] (Mignovillard)
Old French: mancelle, manselles
- Norman: mancélès (Fourges)
Old Italian: [Term?]
- → Medieval Latin: manicella (attested 1295)
⇒ Spanish: mancera (change of suffix)

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*manĭcĕlla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 215