Reconstruction:Latin/colmena

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

    Uncertain. Probably borrowed from a Hispano-Celtic language, from Proto-Celtic *kolmēnā, from *kolmos (“straw”) +‎ *-īnā (relational suffix). Doublet of culmus (“stalk; straw”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kɔlˈmena/

    Noun

    *colmēna f (oblique *colmēnam); first declension (Proto-Ibero-Romance)

    1. beehive

    Declension

    singular plural
    nominative */kɔlˈmena/ */kɔlˈmenɛ/
    oblique */kɔlˈmena/ */kɔlˈmenas/

    Descendants

    • Old Galician-Portuguese: colmẽa
      • Fala: colmea
      • Galician: colmea
      • Portuguese: colmeia
    • Old Spanish: colmena

    References

    1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “colmena”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 137
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