Reconstruction talk:Latin/majusa

RFV discussion: September 2016–February 2018
To start, I'm not exactly sure what a "mayberry" is (though I can guess "strawberry" based on the descendants). Secondly, while Franco‐Provençal could plausibly be a descendant, I fail to see how Occitan  (-s- > -f-?) and Welsh,  could derive from it. KarikaSlayer (talk) 16:31, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Trees of the genus  are often called may trees, and they bear berries, so I suspect a "mayberry" is the berry of the may tree. The ones native to the southeastern United States (thus presumably not the one the Vulgar Latin word refers to) are called mayhaws. I'm equally at a loss as to how to derive the Occitan and Welsh words from *majusa (which ought to be moved to, surely). The Welsh words ought to go back to something like *medūsa/*medōsa and *mebūsa/*mebōsa/*memūsa/*memōsa respectively. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 16:49, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
 * What's the source for this? We've never written a specific CFI for the Reconstructions namespace have we? Obviously WT:CFI only applies to the main namespace (nb this is not explicit and it is something I'd like to add explicitly). FEW doesn't list it and before you say anything it does include Occitan and Franco-Provençal. I'd be happy with one reputable source listing it as a reconstruction. Renard Migrant (talk) 16:56, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
 * , do you remember where you got this? The big Welsh dictionary (R:cy:GPC) doesn't venture any etymology of meddus/mefus. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 18:20, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
 * , that would be a question for . -- Romanophile ♞ (contributions) 03:58, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Why? AFAICT you started the page and he's never edited it. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 09:15, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
 * : https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Reconstruction:Latin/majusa, https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=mefus&action=history. -- Romanophile ♞ (contributions) 12:23, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Fair 'nuff. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 12:27, 13 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Torvalu had some questionable ideas about etymologies. If the extant descendants support some other reconstructed form, would anyone like to move or remove this page? - -sche (discuss) 19:55, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Since no-one wanted to vouch for, clean up, or move the page, I've deleted it. - -sche (discuss) 18:04, 25 February 2018 (UTC)