globellum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === lubellum, iubellum, gubellum === Etymology === From globulus +‎ -lus or globus +‎ -ellus. Likely influenced in its semantics by glomus (“ball of yarn”, cf. especially its diminutive *glomellus). Attested- albeit as a hypothetical form- by Isidore in the passage quoted below, where he discusses the origin of lubellum. He apparently cites both forms with the ending -um, despite the masculine gender suggested by his own etymology. Other manuscripts of Isidore's work have iubellum or gubellum (⟨g⟩ = [d͡ʒ]?) instead of lubellum, reflecting various palatalized outcomes of initial Latin /ɡl-/, continued in some of the Iberian descendants. The form lubellum is corroborated by the Liber Glossarum, published not long after Isidore's death. === Noun === globellum ? (Late Latin) little ball (? presumably) ==== Descendants ==== Gallo-Romance: Old Occitan: globel Ibero-Romance: Aragonese: dobiello, dibiello, chobillo, chubillo, libiecho Old Leonese: Asturian: duviellu, (Western) lluviellu Leonese: duviellu, uviellu Mirandese: nobielhoPortuguese-influenced? Old Galician-Portuguese: lovelo, novelo (documented from 1258)Fala: nuveluGalician: nobelo, dobeloPortuguese: noveloMirandese: nobielhoinfluenced? Old Spanish: loviello, luviello, ovielloSpanish: ovillo === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “globellus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 157