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.

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.

• IPA^(key): /esˈkɔʎʎu/

*scoculum m (Proto-Western-Romance)

1. cliff

• 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

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “escollo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic 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, volumes 11: S–Si, page 325