Reconstruction:Latin/vexica

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 Classical Latin vēsīca.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /βekˈsika/

Noun

*vēxīca f (plural *vēxīcās) (Proto-Romance)

bladder

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: bishicã, bishãcã
- Romanian: bășică, beșică
- → Albanian: fshikë
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: vescica
- Neapolitan: vessica, vassica, vessiga
- Sicilian: viscica, vuscica, buscica
North Italian:
- Gallo-Italic:
  - Emilian: psiga, fsiga, vessiga, sfiga
  - Ligurian: vescîga, mescîga, p-scîa
  - Lombard: vessiga, vissiga, essiga, psiga, fsiga, psija
  - Piedmontese: vëssia, psia, msia
  - Romagnol: busciga, psiga
- Friulian: vissie
- Romansch: vaschia, vischigia, vascheia, vschia
- Venetian: vesiga
Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: vèssie
- French: vessie
- Norman: vessie
- Walloon: vexheye
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: veixiga
- Occitan: vessiga
  Gascon: veishiga
  Vivaro-Alpine: vessia
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: veixica, vexica, veixiga, vexiga, vixiga, voixiga, voxiga, voixica, voxica
- Asturian: vexiga
- Galician: vexiga
  - →? Portuguese: bexiga
- Old Spanish: vexiga
  - Spanish: vejiga
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: buscica, bussica, piscica, busuca

References

Alkire, Ti; Rosen, Carol (2010) Romance Languages: A Historical Introduction, University of Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 69