Reconstruction:Latin/medullum

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

Etymology

Formed analogically from medulla, which was apparently reinterpreted as a collective neuter plural.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meˈdʊllu/

Noun

*medullum n (plural *medulla); second declension (Proto-Romance)

marrow

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: midulj n
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: midollo, midolla
  Tuscan: mirollo, merollo, midollo
- Neapolitan: medullo, merullo, metullo
North Italian:
- Ligurian: mòulo, miòlo
- Lombard: mòl, miòl
Occitano-Romance:
- Old Catalan: mooll, mohoyl, mool, moyl
  - Catalan: moll
- Gascon: mesoth, medoth, moth
- Old Occitan: mezol
  - Languedocien: mesolh
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: miollo, megollo
- Asturian: megollu, migollu, miollu
- Old Portuguese: meolo
  - Galician: miolo
  - Portuguese: miolo
- Spanish: meollo
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: maodhu, maoddu, miuddu, meuddu, meduddu

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “medulla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 638