Reconstruction:Latin/soliculum

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 sōl (“sun”) +‎ -iculus (diminutive ending).

The earliest attested descendant is Old French soleilz (ca. 1000 CE, Passion du Christ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈleklu/

Noun

*sōliculum m (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. sun

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/soˈleklos/	*/soˈlekli/
oblique	*/soˈleklu/	*/soˈleklos/

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: solecchio
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: soreli
  • Ladin: surëdl, soreie
  • Romansh: sulegl, suglegl (Surmiran), sulagl (Puter), sulai (Vallader)
• Gallo-Italian:
  • Piedmontese: soleil, solil
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: solell, solei
  • Franco-Provençal: solely
  • Old French: soleil (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: solelh, soleilh
    • Occitan: solelh
• Ibero-Romance:
  • ⇒ Asturian: soleyeru (“sunny”)
  • ⇒ Asturian: asoleyar (“to put under the sun, to publish”)
  • ⇒ Spanish: solejar (“sunny place”)

Further reading

• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “*sōlĭculus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 608
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “sōl”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 12: Sk–š, page 30