scindula

Latin

Etymology

Alteration of Classical scandula. Attested from the fourth century CE onwards.[1]

Noun

scindula f (genitive scindulae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. shingle

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative scindula scindulae
genitive scindulae scindulārum
dative scindulae scindulīs
accusative scindulam scindulās
ablative scindulā scindulīs
vocative scindula scindulae

Descendants

  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: éfonla, éfênla
    • Old French: essende, essente, essendre, eschanle
      • Bourguignon: aissante
      • Franc-Comtois: èchandre, achandre, échanne
      • Gallo: essanye
      • Lorrain: essandre, echodre, ehonte, èhhonde
      • Norman: essente
      • Picard: eschangle
      • Poitevin-Saintongeais: essande, essente
  • Borrowings:
    • Italian: scindula
    • Old Irish: slind
    • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Proto-West Germanic: *skindulā (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “scandŭla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 11: S–Si, page 284