Reconstruction:Latin/cicala

This Latin entry contains reconstructed words 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 cicāda.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kiːˈkaː.la/, [kiːˈkaː.ɫa]

(Vulgar) IPA^(key): /kiːˈkaː.la/, [kʲiˈɡa.la]

Noun

*cīcāla f (genitive *cīcālae); first declension

(Vulgar Latin) cicada

Declension

First declension.

Italo-Western declension of *cīcāla
Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	*cicála	*cicálę
genitive	*cicálę	*cicalárọ
dative	*cicálę	*cicális
accusative-ablative	*cicálã	*cicálas

Eastern declension of *cīcāla
Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	*cicála	*cicálę
genitive	*cicálę	*cicaláru
dative	*cicálę	*cicális
accusative-ablative	*cicálã	*cicálas

Descendants

→ Albanian: gjinkallë
Friulian: ciale
Italian: cicala
- → English: cicala
Old Occitan: cigala
- Catalan: cigala
- → French: cigale
- Occitan: cigala
Portuguese: cigarra
Romanian: cicoare (influenced by cicoare (“chicory”))
Sicilian: cicala
Spanish: cigala, cigarra
- → Sicilian: cigala
Venetian: çigala, sigala, sigała

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