Reconstruction:Latin/cania
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Built from canis (“dog”) by analogy with other pairs such as cervia f < cervus m "deer".
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*cania f (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | */ˈkaɲɲa/ | */ˈkaɲɲas/ |
oblique | */ˈkaɲɲa/ | */ˈkaɲɲas/ |
Descendants[edit]
- Gallo-Italic of Sicily: [ˈkjeɲa]
- Italian: cagna
- → Franco-Provençal: cagne
- Ladin: [ˈxaɲa] (Erto)
- Occitan: canha
- Romansch: tgogna, chogna; cogna; tganga; chagna
References[edit]
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*cania”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 186