Reconstruction:Latin/moruca

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 Proto-Celtic *mori with the Celtic suffix -ūca found in carrūca

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈruka/

Noun

*morūca f (oblique *morūca) (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. snail
2. sea worm

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Central Italian: ⇒ ciammaruca
  • Neapolitan: maruzza

    ⇒ Tarantino: giammarruca

  • Sicilian:

    Calabrese: maruca, maruza ⇒ ciamarùculu

• North-Italian:
  • ⇒ Venetan: samarùgole
• Occitano-Romance:
  • ⇒ Catalan: samaruc, sameruc, samaruga
• Ibero-Romance:
  • ⇒ Aragonese: samarugo, samaruco, zamarugo
  • Leonese: moruca
  • ⇒ Galician: xaramugo
  • ⇒ Portuguese: saramugo
  • ⇒ Spanish: samarugo, jaramugo