Reconstruction:Latin/pectiniculum
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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 pectin- (“comb”) + -culum (diminutive suffix)Category:Latin terms suffixed with -culus#PECTINICULUM.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pekteˈniklu/, /pekteˈneklu/Category:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#PECTINICULUM
Noun
*pectinī̆culum nCategory:Latin lemmas#PECTINICULUMCategory:Latin nouns#PECTINICULUMCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#PECTINICULUMCategory:Latin neuter nouns#PECTINICULUMCategory:Pages with entries#PECTINICULUMCategory:Pages with 1 entry#PECTINICULUM (Proto-Italo-Western-RomanceCategory:Proto-Italo-Western-Romance#PECTINICULUM)
- (literally) little comb
- pubis, pubic hair
Reconstruction notes
Unless otherwise noted, all descendants have sense 2 (already attested for the base noun pecten in Juvenal).
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | */pekteˈniklu, -e-/ | */pekteˈnikla, -e-/ |
| oblique | */pekteˈniklu, -e-/ | */pekteˈnikla, -e-/ |
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: pettinicchia f (“fine comb, little saw”)
- Old Italian: pettinicchio, pettinecchio, pettenecchio, petinicchio
- Sicilian: pittinicchiu (“fine comb”), pittinicchi, pittinicchia (“pork ribs”)
- North Italian:
- Venetan: petenecio, petenechio, petenegio
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: pentenill
- Occitan: penchenilha f (“field eryngo”)
- Old Occitan: penchenil, penilh (“worthless person”)
- Languedocien: penchenilh (“worthless person”)
- Provençal: penieu (“worthless person”)
- Ibero-Romance:
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*pĕctĭnīculum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 8: Patavia–Pix, page 108