Reconstruction:Latin/eccum hic

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 Latin eccum +‎ hīc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /(a)kku ˈik/

Adverb

*eccum hīc (not comparable) (Proto-Romance)

here

Descendants

Balkano-Romance:
- Romanian: aci
Italo-Dalmatian:
- Corsican: qui
- Italian: qui
- Venetan: chi
Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: chi
Gallo-Italic:
- Ligurian: chi
- Lombard: chi
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: tchë
- Franc-Comtois: qui
- Old Bourguignon: qui
- Poitevin-Saintongeais: qui
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: aquí
- Occitan: qui, aqui
Ibero-Romance:
- Extremaduran: equí, aquí
- Old Galician-Portuguese:
  - Galician: eiquí, aiquí, aquí
  - Portuguese: aqui
- Old Leonese:
  - Asturian: equí, aquí
  - Leonese: aiquí
  - Mirandese: eiquí, aquí
- Spanish: aquí
  - → Interlingua: aqui
Forms with the first vowel altered into /i-/ by analogy with ici and such:
- Old Franco-Provençal: yqui, iqui
  - Franco-Provençal: ique
- Old French: iki, iqui
  - Gallo: itchi
  - Norman: itchi
  - Picard: iki
  - Poitevin-Saintongeais: iqui

References

Joan Coromines; José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984), “aquí”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 306
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “hīc”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 424