Reconstruction:Latin/noptias

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

Alteration of nuptiās, with the stressed vowel probably taken from novus (“new”). Cf. also *novius (“newlywed”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɔtt͡sʲas/

Noun

*noptiās f pl (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

wedding

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: nozze
North Italian:
- Friulian: gnocis
- Gallo-Italic:
  - Ligurian: nòsse
  - Piedmontese: nòsse
- Ladin: noza
- Romansch: nozas
- Venetian: nose, nòçe
Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: noces, nueches
  - French: noces, noce
  - Norman: neuches, neuche, neauche, nöch
  - Picard: neuche
  - Walloon: noice, nôce
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: noces
- Gascon: noça, nòça
- Occitan: nòças, nòça
  Provençal: nuaça, nuèça
  Vivaro-Alpine: nuòça, nuèça

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “nŭptiae”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 7: N–Pas, page 245