Reconstruction:Latin/nocem

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 nucem, with an early lowering from /ŭ/ to [ɔ] for reasons that remain unclear.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɔd͡ze/

Noun

*nocem f (plural *nocēs) (Proto-Western-Romance)

nut

Descendants

Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: nou, anou (Alicante)
- Gascon: nòde, nòtz
- Occitan: nòse (all southern dialects)
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: nuez
  Ribagorçan: nou, anou; nuesa (Benasqués)
- Asturian: nuaz, nuoz, anuez, nuez, ñuez
- Old Portuguese: [Term?]
  - Galician: noz, anoz, noce
  - Portuguese: noz, nuace (Rio de Onor)
- Old Spanish: [Term?]
  - Ladino: muez
  - Spanish: nuez

References

ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 920: “noix” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1985), “nuez”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 247
Malkiel, Yakov. 1988. La agonía del verbo nozir, nuzir 'dañar' en las postrimerías de la Edad Media española. Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica 36. 27–34.
“nou” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.