Reconstruction:Latin/colobra

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 Latin cólubra, with a forward shift in stress due to the -br- and with */ˈɔ/ developing via dissimilation from the following /β/. Compare the masculine equivalent colŏber < Classical coluber. (Cf. also *iŏvenem, *ŏvum).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈlɔβra/

Noun

*colŏbra f (Proto-Romance)

1. serpent (female)

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Sicilian: culovra, culòvria, culòrbia
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: colovra, colora
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: colobra
  • Franco-Provençal: calovra
  • Old French: colovre, coluevre, collure, calovre
    • French: couleuvre
    • French: couleuvrine
  • Occitan: colòbra
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: cullebra
  • Asturian: culuebra, culiebra
  • Leonese: culuebra, culiebra, colebra, crioba
  • Mirandese: queluobra
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: coobra
    • Galician: cobra
    • Portuguese: cobra (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Spanish: culuebra, coluebra
    • Spanish: culebra
      • Chavacano: culebra
      • Papiamentu: kolebra

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “culebra”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 287
• Lausberg, Heinrich. 1970. Lingüística románica, I: Fonética. Madrid: Gredos. §238.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cŏlŭbra”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 927