Reconstruction:Latin/daca

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

Thought to be from Dāca, the feminine form of Dācus (“Dacian”), as in arma Dāca (“Dacian weapon”), referring to the weapon's origins in Dacia, but the historical evidence for this etymology is tenuous. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaka/

Noun

*daca f (plural *dacās) (Proto-Italo-Romance)?

  1. dagger (a type of knife)

Descendants

  • Italian: daga
    • → Old Catalan: daga, daiga
    • → Old Occitan: daga
    • → Old Galician-Portuguese: daga
    • → Spanish: daga
  • Neapolitan: dache

References

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