veclus

Latin

From Latin vetulus, via syncope of unstressed /u/ and then dissimilation of /tl/ to /kl/, from vetus (“old”) +‎ -ulus (diminutive ending).

veclus (feminine vecla, neuter veclum); first/second-declension adjective

(Late Latin, proscribed) Syncopic form of vetulus (“old”)
- 3rd–4th century C.E., Appendix Probi:
  vetulus non veclus
  [Say or write] vetulus, not veclus.

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: veclju
- Megleno-Romanian: vecľu
- Romanian: vechi
Dalmatian:
- vieclo
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: vecchio
  - → Friulian: vecjo
  - → Sardinian: béciu, betzu
- Neapolitan: viecchio
- Sicilian: vecchiu
- Venetian: vecio
North Italian:
- Friulian: vieli
- Istriot: viecio
- Lombard: vègg
- Piedmontese: vej, vegg
- Romansch: vegl, vigl
Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: vieu, viely, vielyo
- Old French: viel
  - Middle French: vieulx
    - French: vieux
- Walloon: vî
Occitano-Romance:
- Old Catalan: veyl, vell
  - Catalan: vell
- Old Occitan: vielh
  - Occitan: vièlh
  - → Italian: veglio
Ibero-Romance
- Aragonese: viello
- Old Leonese:
  - Asturian: vieyu
  - Leonese: vieyu, viechu
  - Mirandese: bielho
- Old Portuguese: vello
  - Fala: vellu
  - Galician: vello
  - Portuguese: velho
- Old Spanish: viejo
  - Ladino: viejo
  - Spanish: viejo
Insular Romance:
- Logudorese: begru, egru (southern), beju, eju (northern)
- Nuorese: becru, brecu

Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “békru”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

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