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)

clapper (part of a bell)

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: batacchio
North Italian:
- Friulian: batel
- Piedmontese: badòcc
- Lombard: badaj, badòc
- Venetian: 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 (in German), volumes 1: A–B, page 289

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