Reconstruction:Latin/coleum

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 cōleus m, made into a neuter noun with a collective plural on account of the fact that testicles generally come in pairs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolʲu/

Noun

*cōleum n (plural *cōlea) (Proto-Romance)

1. testicle

Descendants

• Balkan Romance: n
  • Aromanian: colj, colju
  • Romanian: coi, coaie
• Italo-Romance: f
  • Corsican: cuglia
  • Italian: coglia
  • Neapolitan: cuglia (Apulia)
• Insular Romance: f
  • Sardinian: coza, colla (Campidanese)
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: coil m, coille f
    • Middle French: couille
      • French: couille
    • Walloon: coye
    • → Middle Dutch: cul
      • Dutch: kul
  • Old Occitan: colh m, colha f
    • Occitan: colha
• Borrowings:
  • → Proto-Brythonic: *köll f
    • Breton: kell
    • Cornish: kell
    • Middle Welsh: keill
      • Welsh: caill

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cōleus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 890