Reconstruction:Latin/aviolum

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

Masculinized from aviola.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈβʲɔlu/, /-β-/

Noun

*aviolum m (plural *aviolōs, nominative singular *aviolus, nominative plural *aviolī)

(Proto-Western-Romance) grandfather
Synonym: *avulus

Reconstruction notes

The Iberian forms appear to reflect a depalatalized variant *avǫ́lu. For the /βʲ/ > /j/ in French, cf. caveola > gaiole.

Descendants

Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: aviôl, ayú
- Old French: aiol, aiuel
  - French: aïeul
  - → Middle English: aiel, ayel, ayeul, aile
    - English: ayel, ayle (obsolete)
Occitano-Romance:
- Occitan: aujòl
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: agüelo
- Asturian: güelu, buelu
- Old Portuguese: avoo
  - Galician: avó
  - Portuguese: avô
- Spanish: abuelo (see there for further descendants)

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*aviŏla; *aviŏlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 1233

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