Reconstruction:Latin/cadutus

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 cadeō +‎ -ūtus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈdutʊs/

Participle

*cadūtus (feminine *cadūta, neuter *cadūtum); first/second-declension participle (Proto-Romance)

  1. fallen

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: cãdzut
    • Old Romanian: căd̦ut
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: caduto
    • Neapolitan: caduto, caruto
    • Sicilian:
      Calabria: cadutu
      Salento: cadutu, catutu
  • North Italian:
    • Gallo-Italic of Basilicata: cadudu, carudu, caruttu
    • Ladin: recadù
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: chù
    • Old French: chëu, chäu
      • Bourguignon: chu
      • French: chu
      • Poitevin-Saintongeais: cheù, cheùt
  • Occitano-Romance:
    • Old Catalan: cahut cahegut
      • Catalan: caüt (non-standard), caigut (standard), calgut (Alghero)
    • Gascon: cadut cajut
    • Old Occitan: cazut cagut, cazegut
      • Occitan: cazut, casegut
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Old Navarro-Aragonese: cadutu (Glosas Silenses)
    • Old Spanish: caudo

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1617: “mi è caduto sul viso” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Laurent, Richard. 1999. Past Participles from Latin to Romance. Berkeley: University of California Press. Pages 69, 180, 183, 255, 257, 269, 274, 282, 293, 300.