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).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /soˈleklu/

Noun

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

sun

Declension

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

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: solecchio
North Italian:
- Friulian: soreli
- Ladin: surëdl
- Piedmontese: soleil, solil
- Romansch: sulegl, suglegl; sulagl; sulai
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: solell, solei
- Franco-Provençal: solely
- Old French: soleil (see there for further descendants)
- Old Occitan: solelh, soleilh
  - Occitan: solelh
Ibero-Romance:
- ⇒ Spanish: solejar (“sunny place”)

References

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), volumes 12: Sk–š, page 30

“soleil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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[1] “soleil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.