Reconstruction:Latin/micacula

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 mīca (“crumb”) +‎ -cula (diminutive ending).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈɡaʎʎa/

Noun

*mīcācula f (Proto-Western-Romance)

1. small crumb

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/miˈɡaʎʎa/	*/miˈɡaʎʎas/
oblique	*/miˈɡaʎʎa/	*/miˈɡaʎʎas/

Descendants

• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: miaille ⇒ miaillon
  • Old French: mieille
    • Champenois: miaille (Clairvaux)
    • Walloon: miâye (Filly)
  • Gascon: migalha (Gironde)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: migaya
  • Galician: migalla
  • Portuguese: migalha
  • Spanish: migaja

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mīca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/2: Mercatio–Mneme, page 71