Reconstruction:Latin/gemellicus

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 gemellus +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡeˈmɛllɪkʊs/

Noun

*gemellicus m (Proto-Romance)

twin
Synonym: *gemellīcium

Reconstruction notes

A fragile reconstruction due to the limited distribution in Romance; the Sardinian and Iberian forms might well represent independent developments. Still, there are known cases of extreme lexical 'shrinkage'- cf. colober and scīre.

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ɡeˈmɛllɪkʊs/	*/ɡeˈmɛllɪki/
accusative	*/ɡeˈmɛllɪku/	*/ɡeˈmɛllɪkos/
genitive-dative	*/ɡeˈmɛllɪko/?	*/ɡeˈmɛllɪkis/

Descendants

Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: gremeddicu, ameddigu, meddighe; ghermeddiche, cremeddicu, cremeddiche
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: xemelgu, ximielgu
- Leonese: emielgo (13th c.), mielgo
- Old Galician-Portuguese: [Term?]
  - Galician: xemelgo, ximelgo; gemelgo
  - Portuguese: gemelgo (northern)
- Spanish: mielgo

References

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1985), “mellizo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 31
Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “*gemĕllicus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 277

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