Reconstruction:Latin/globellus

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 globulus (“little round object”) +‎ -lus (diminutive ending). Possibly influenced, semantically, by *glomellus < glomus. Surfaces in early medieval glosses from Iberia under the evolved form ⟨lubellus⟩.

Pronunciation

(Proto-Italo-Western Romance) IPA^(key): /ɡloˈβɛllos/

Noun

*globellus m

ball of yarn, tangle

Descendants

Occitano-Romance:
- Old Occitan: globel
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: duviello, chuviechu
- Leonese: uviello
- Old Portuguese:
  - Galician: nobelo
  - Portuguese: novelo
- Old Spanish: luviello
  - Spanish: ovillo

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “globellus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 157

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