Reconstruction:Latin/sonaculum

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 sonā(re) (make noise) +‎ -culum (instrumental noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soˈnaʎʎu/

Noun

*sonāculum n (Proto-Western-Romance)

  1. rattle

Declension

singular plural
nominative */soˈnaʎʎu/ */soˈnaʎʎa/
oblique */soˈnaʎʎu/ */soˈnaʎʎa/

Descendants

  • North Italian:
    • Gallo-Italic:
      • Ligurian: sonaggio m
      • Piedmontese: sonaj m, sonaja f
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: sonall m, sonalla f
    • Franco-Provençal: sonalye f
    • Old French: sonail m
      • Franc-Comtois: sougnâ, souná m
      • Norman: souniau m (Fourges)
    • Occitan: sonalh m, sonalha f
      • Italian: sonaglio m
      • Sicilian: sunagghiu m
  • Ibero-Romance: f
    • Galician: soalla
    • Portuguese: soalha
    • Spanish: sonaja

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