Reconstruction:Latin/cordarium

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 cordus (“late-born”) +‎ -ārius. Competed with the descendants of Classical Latin agnus and agnellus, ultimately displacing both in Spanish.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /korˈdai̯ru/

Noun

*cordārium m (plural *cordāriōs) (Proto-Ibero-Romance)

lamb

Descendants

From an ellipsis of agnus *cordārius (“late-born lamb”)

Aragonese: corder, cordero (plural corders)
- → Gascon: corder
Old Leonese: cordeiro (Toro, 1050)
- Asturian: corderu, cordeiru (western)
- Leonese: cordeiru
Old Galician-Portuguese: cordeyro
- Galician: cordeiro
- Portuguese: cordeiro
Spanish: cordero
- → Catalan: corder

References

“corder” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “cordero”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 196

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