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): /(e)sˈkɔʎʎu/

Noun

*scoculum m (Proto-Western-Romance)

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 [Critical 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, volume 11: S–Si, page 325