astla

Latin

Alternative forms

• astula (with reinsertion of /ŭ/)

Etymology

From Classical assula, with syncope and epenthesis of /t/. Attested in an inscription (CIL 6, 4444).

Noun

astla f (genitive astlae); first declension (Late Latin)

1. Alternative form of assula (“splinter”)

Derived terms

• astella

Descendants

• Late Latin: ascla
  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: ashclji, ashcljii, ashclje, iashcljã
    • Romanian: așchie
  • Dalmatian:
    • jasca
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: ascra, ascia
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Piedmontese: as-cia
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: âclya

      Bressan: aille

      Valdôtain: ôclya, asclya

  • Occitano-Romance:
    • Catalan: ascla
    • Occitan: ascla
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Aragonese: ascla

      Belsetán: ixascla (From ex- + ascla)

      Ribagorçan: asclla

    • Old Galician-Portuguese: acha
      • Galician: acha
      • Portuguese: acha
  • Borrowings:
    • → Albanian: ashkë, ashër, ashkël (perhaps)
    • → Proto-Brythonic: *asklọd
      • Breton: askleud
      • Welsh: asglod
        • ⇒ Welsh: sglodyn

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “assŭla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 571