Reconstruction:Latin/scoculum

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 scopulus, of Ancient Greek origin.

Why the /p/ was replaced by /k/ is unclear. Perhaps it was assimilation to the preceding /k/ or analogy with the common ending -culus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkɔʎʎu/

Noun

*scoculum m (Proto-Western-Romance)

1. cliff

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/esˈkɔʎʎos/	*/esˈkɔʎʎi/
oblique	*/esˈkɔʎʎu/	*/esˈkɔʎʎos/

Descendants

• Padanian:
  • Friulian: scoi
  • Istriot: scuio
  • Old Ligurian: scoio
    • Ligurian: schéuggio
  • Lombard: scoeuj
  • Piedmontese: scheuj
  • → Italian: scoglio
    • → Iberia:
      • Leonese: escoyu (Salamanca)
      • Portuguese: escolho
      • Spanish: escollo
  • → Sicilian: scogghiu
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: escull
  • Old Occitan: escueyll
    • Occitan: escuèlh
    • → Middle French: escueil
      • French: écueil

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “escollo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 701
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “scŏpŭlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 11: S–Si, page 325