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)

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
- Venetian: 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 (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 348

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