Reconstruction:Latin/broccium

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

Alternative forms

• *verocium

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wroikos, with metathesis of the [j]. Parallel borrowing to Early Medieval Latin brūcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɔt͡su/, /βeˈrɔd͡zu/

Noun

*broccium m (Proto-Ibero-Romance)

1. heather
2. heath

Reconstruction notes

The two variants represent different strategies for adapting the /wr-/ of the Celtic word.

Descendants

• Aragonese: beruezo
• Old Leonese: *veruezu ⇒ *veruezanu
  • Asturian: berienzanu
• Old Spanish: breço, verezo, *verozo
  • Spanish: brezo, (Álava, Rioja:) verozo
    • →? Galician: breixo

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “brezo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 662