Reconstruction:Latin/manicella

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maneˈcɛlla/

Etymology 1

From manica (“sleeve”) +‎ -ella (diminutive ending).

Noun

*manicella f (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

2. little sleeve

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/maneˈcɛlla/	*/maneˈcɛllas/
oblique	*/maneˈcɛlla/	*/maneˈcɛllas/

Descendants

• Old French: mancele
  • Angevin: maincelle
  • ⇒ Middle French: mancelon
• → Old Irish: muinchille
  • Irish: muinchille, muinchilte, muinille, muinirthle, muinirtle
  • Manx: muinneel
  • Scottish Gaelic: muinichill, muinchill, muilchinn (Harris, Uist, Barra, Argyll, Southwest Perthshire), muilcheann (Skye, Sutherland, Easter Ross, West Inverness-shire), muilchdinn (Wester Ross), muilchill (Strathspey), muilchear (Perthshire, Deeside), muille (Arran)

Etymology 2

From manicula (“little hand”) +‎ -la (diminutive ending).

Noun

*manicella f (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

2. little handle

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/maneˈcɛlla/	*/maneˈcɛllas/
oblique	*/maneˈcɛlla/	*/maneˈcɛllas/

Descendants

• Franco-Provençal: [mãˈselo] (Mignovillard)
• Old French: mancelle, manselles
  • Norman: mancélès (Fourges)
• Old Italian: [Term?]
  • → Medieval Latin: manicella (attested 1295)
• ⇒ Spanish: mancera (change of suffix)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*manĭcĕlla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 215