Reconstruction:Latin/alisna

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

Alternative forms

• *lexina

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *alasnu (“awl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlesna/

Noun

*alisna f (oblique *alisnam); first declension (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. awl

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/aˈlesna/	*/aˈlesnas/
oblique	*/aˈlesna/	*/aˈlesnas/

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: lesina
    • → French: lésine
• Padanian:
  • Emilian: leisna, lesna
  • Ligurian: læxina, lèixna, lèixa, lérna
  • Lombard: lisna, lesna
  • Piedmontese: lèisna, laisna, lesna
  • Romagnol: lesna, leisna
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Norman: alêne
  • Old French: alesne, alein, aleine
    • Middle French: alesne
      • French: alêne, alène
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Aragonese: lesna
  • Catalan: alena
  • Old Occitan: alsena
    • Occitan: alzena, alsena

      Gascon: lesena, lesia, lisia, lasia

      Vivaro-Alpine: lesena

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Spanish: alesna, alansa, alunsa
    • Spanish: alesna, lesna, lezna