Reconstruction:Latin/illurum

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

Modification of Classical Latin illōrum, with the new /ˈu/ perhaps taken from 'vulgar' forms like illūi (“to him”) or illūius (“his”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːr(u)/

Determiner

*illūrum (Proto-Western-Romance) (?)

1. them, their third-person plural genitive-dative

Reconstruction notes

No final vowel can be reconstructed. It may have been lost early on due to this being a function word. Alternatively, Navarro-Aragonese borrowed the term from pre-literary Catalan, in which case this reconstruction belongs to the Proto-Gallo-Romance level, where loss of the final vowel is regular.

Descendants

• Navarro-Aragonese: lur
  • → Old Spanish: lur (certain texts)
• Old Catalan: lur
  • Catalan: llur (literary)
• Old Occitan: lur
  • Occitan: lur (regional)