Reconstruction:Latin/dia

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 di- +‎ -a, thus reassigned to the first declension.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdia/

Noun

*dia m or f (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. day

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ˈdia/	*/ˈdias/
oblique	*/ˈdia/	*/ˈdias/

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Old Italian: dia
  • Sicilian: dìa
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Old Ligurian: dia
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: dia
  • Gascon: dia
  • Old Occitan: dia
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: dia
  • Asturian: día
  • Mirandese: die
  • Mozarabic: دیه (diyya)
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: dia
    • Galician: día
    • Portuguese: dia (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Spanish: dia (see there for further descendants)

References

• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “dies”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 206
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “dīes”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 72