Reconstruction:Latin/mintula
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin mentula, with the stressed vowel apparently replaced by that of mingō (“urinate”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*mintula f (Proto-Romance)
Reconstruction notes[edit]
For the syncope of /ŭ/, followed by /tl/ > /kl/, cf. vetulus > veclus.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mĕntŭla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 752