Reconstruction:Latin/rosicare

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 rōsus (“gnawed”) +‎ -icāre (frequentative verb-forming suffix), the former being the past participle of rōdere (“gnaw”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /roseˈkare/

Verb

*rōsicāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

gnaw

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: rosicare
- Neapolitan: rusecare
- Sicilian: rusicari
North Italian:
- Gallo-Italic:
  - Emilian: rosgà, rosghè, roschè
  - Ligurian: rozigiâ, rogijâ, rozegâ
  - Lombard: rosegà, rosiär
  - Piedmontese: rusié, aurziè, arzujè, arzié, rosighé
  - Romagnol: rosghè
- Friulian: roseâ
- Venetian: roxegar
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: rosegar, roegar
- Old Occitan: rosegar, rozegar
  - Occitan: rosegar (several dialects)
    Limousin: rosjar
    
    Provençal: roegar, roeigar, roigar, rosigar
    
    Vivaro-Alpine: roïgar, rosigar
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: rosigar, arrosigar

References

Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “*rosicare”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 553

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.