Reconstruction:Latin/sonaculum
Latin
Etymology
From sonā(re) (“make noise”) + -culum (instrumental noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soˈnaʎʎu/
Noun
*sonāculum n (Proto-Western-Romance)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | */soˈnaʎʎu/ | */soˈnaʎʎa/ |
| oblique | */soˈnaʎʎu/ | */soˈnaʎʎa/ |
Descendants
References
- Tuttle, Edward Fowler. 1975. Studies in the derivational suffix -āculum: Its Latin origin and its Romance development. Tübingen: Niemeyer. Page 31.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sŏnare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 12: Sk–š, page 99 (see also footnote 16)