Reconstruction:Latin/glaciarium

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 glaciēs (“ice”) +‎ -ārium.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡlaˈt͡sai̯ru/, /-t͡ʃ-/

Noun

*glaciārium (Proto-Western-Romance)

glacier

Reconstruction notes

The descendants form a continuous belt along the Alps.^[1]

Descendants

Rhaeto-Romance:
- Romansh: glatscher
  - → High Alemannic German: Gletscher
    - → German: Gletscher (see there for further descendants)
Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: gllaciér, lyassé (Bressan), yèchi (Fribourgeois), glacier (Old Valaisan), glacier (Old Vaudois)
  - → French: glacier (see there for further descendants)

References

“glatscher”, in Dicziunari Rumantsch Grischun (in German)

^ AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 426a: “il ghiacciaio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

[1] AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 426a: “il ghiacciaio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

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