Reconstruction:Latin/colobra

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

Alteration of Classical Latin colubra, with -ŭ- turning to [ɔ] via dissimilatory pressure from the following /β/, a change attested in Late Latin for the masculine counterpart colober (Classical coluber).

Pronunciation

(Proto-Romance) IPA^(key): /koˈlɔβra/

Noun

*colobra f (oblique *colobram); first declension

serpent (female)

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Sicilian: culovra, culòvria, culòrbia
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: calovra
- Old French: colovre, coluevre, collure, calovre
  - French: couleuvre
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Aragonese: cullebra
- Catalan: colobra
- Occitan: colòbra
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: culuebra, culiebra
- Old Portuguese: coobra
  - Galician: cobra, cóbrega, quiobra
  - Portuguese: cobra (see there for further descendants)
- Old Spanish: coluebra, culuebra
  - Spanish: culebra
    - Chavacano: culebra
    - Papiamentu: kolebra
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: colovra, colora

References

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “culebra”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 287
Lausberg, Heinrich. 1970. Lingüística románica, I: Fonética. Madrid: Gredos. §238.
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “cŏlŭbra”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 20: Autres langues, page 926

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