numella

== Latin == === Etymology === By Lidén, this is from a Proto-Italic *nopnā, being related to napura (“straw-rope”), Proto-Slavic *snopъ (“sheaf”), Old High German snuaba (“band, lace”), being related over the meaning of a “binding, ligature”. Similar phonetic development is found with columella from columna, and scabellum from the predecessor of scamnum, and somnus from *swépnos. The root is uncertain. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nʊˈmɛl.la] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [nuˈmɛl.la] === Noun === numella f (genitive numellae); first declension (pre-classical) a collar serving to impede movement ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === “numella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “numella”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Lidén, Evald (1905), “Wortgeschichtliches”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 41, published 1907, pages 397–398