Reconstruction:Latin/tundus

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

Back-derived from Late Latin retundus (< Classical rotundus), with the initial segment interpreted as the prefix re-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʊndʊs/

Adjective

*tundus (feminine *tunda, neuter *tundum); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Romance)

1. round

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: tondo
  • Neapolitan: tunno
  • Sicilian: tunnu
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: tundu, tunnu
• North Italian:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Emilian: tont
    • Lombard: tont
    • Romagnol: tond
  • Friulian: tont
  • Venetan: tondo
    • → Istriot: tòndo
    • → Istro-Romanian: tond

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1581: “rotondo: rotonda: rotondi” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Buchi, Éva, Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–) “*/reˈtʊnd-u/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.