Reconstruction:Latin/nevem

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

From Classical nivem, with an early lowering of [ɪ] to [ɛ] caused by the following [β].[1] (Cf. the lowering from [ʊ] to [ɔ] in colubra > *colobra.) Alternatively, the stressed vowel may simply have been taken from nĕbula (“fog”).[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɛβe/

Noun

*nevem f (plural *nevēs) (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

snow

Derived terms

*nevō (verb)

Descendants

Dalmatian:
- niav
Italo-Romance:
- Old Italian: nieve (Siena, Pistoia)
North Italian:
- Ladin: gneve (Ampezzo)
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: neu
- Occitan: nèu, neu
  Gascon: nheu
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: nieu, nyeu
  Ribagorçan: neu
- Asturian: ñieve
- Old Portuguese: neve
  - Galician: neve
  - Portuguese: neve
    - Kabuverdianu: nevi
- Spanish: nieve

References

Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “nĭx”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 438
“neu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “nĭx”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 7: N–Pas, page 158

Lausberg, Heinrich. 1970. Lingüística románica, I: Fonética. Madrid: Gredos. §238.
Buchi, Éva; Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008-), “*/ˈnɪβ-e/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.

[1] Lausberg, Heinrich. 1970. Lingüística románica, I: Fonética. Madrid: Gredos. §238.

[2] Buchi, Éva; Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008-), “*/ˈnɪβ-e/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.