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Reconstruction:Latin/musculus
Latin
Etymology
From mūscus (“moss”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix), with syncope of unstressed /u/.
Pronunciation
- (Proto-Romance) IPA(key): /ˈmusklʊs/
Noun
*mūsculus m (oblique *mūsculum); second declension
- moss
Declension
Second declension.
Italo-Western declension of *mūsclus | ||||
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Number | Singular | Plural | ||
nominative | *músclọs | *múscli | ||
genitive | *múscli | *musclọ́rọ | ||
dative | *músclọ | *músclis | ||
accusative-ablative | *músclọ | *músclọs |
Descendants
- Aromanian: mushclju, mushcljiu
- Friulian: muscli
- Italian: muschio
- Romanian: mușchi
- Sicilian: muschiu
- Venetian: muscio