Reconstruction:Latin/battuaculum

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 batt(u)ō (“beat”) +‎ -culum (instrumental noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /batˈtaklu/, /baˈtaklu/

Noun

*battuāculum ? (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. clapper (part of a bell)

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: batacchio
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: batel
  • Piedmontese: badòcc
  • Lombard: badaj, badòc
  • Venetan: batocio, batoc
    • → Friulian: batocj
    • → Italian: batocio
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: batall
  • Franco-Provençal: batâ, batè
  • Middle French: batail
    • French: batail (only in heraldic jargon)
    • →? Sardinian: batallu, battazu
  • Old Occitan: batalh, batal
    • Occitan: batalh
    • → Italian: battaglio
    • → Sicilian: battagghiu
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Mirandese: badalho
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: [Term?]
    • Galician: badalho, badalo, badal
    • Portuguese: badalo
  • Spanish: badajo

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*battuaculum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 1: A–B, page 289