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Reconstruction:Latin/barrum

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 a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Celtic or Celtiberian.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbarru/, /-rd-/

Noun

*barrum m (plural *barrōs) (Proto-Ibero-Romance)

  1. clay, mud

Reconstruction notes

/rr/~/rd/ alternation is common in Iberian substrate words.[1]

Descendants
  • Aragonese: bardo
    • →? Occitan: bard (Gascony, Languedoc)
  • Asturian: barru
  • Galician: barro
  • Portuguese: barro
  • Spanish: barro

References
  1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “barro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 528
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