Reconstruction:Latin/vespertillum

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 vespertiliō +‎ -lum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βesperˈtellu/

Noun

*vespertillum m (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. bat (flying animal)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/βesperˈtellos/	*/βesperˈtelli/
oblique	*/βesperˈtellu/	*/βesperˈtellos/

Reconstruction notes

There occurred rampant analogy with nouns such as pellis, barba, spīritus, strix, vulpēs: 'hide, beard, spirit, screech-owl, fox'.

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: vipistrello, vispistrello (archaic), pipistrello (→ French: pipistrelle)

    Tuscany: pripistello, primpistello, pilistrello, pilustrello, pellistrello, papastrello

    Marche: spiridillo, spiriticolo

• North Italian:
  • Emilian: palpastrel, parpastrel, barbastel, balbastrel, barbastjé
  • Friulian: barbastin, barbastrin
  • Istriot: barbastil
  • Romagnol: balbastrel
  • Venetan: barbastrello, barbasteo (archaic), barbastrijo, barbastréjo
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: barbastella
    • → French: barbastelle

References

• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “vĕspĕrtilio”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 708
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vespertilio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 348