Reconstruction:Latin/abbiberare

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

Ultimately from Classical bibere (“drink”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /abbeβeˈrare/

Verb

*abbiberāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

water (cattle, fields, etc.)

Reconstruction notes

Some descendants reflect a metathesis of original /β/ and the following /r/.

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: abbeverare
- Sicilian: abbivirari
North Italian:
- Gallo-Italic:
  - Piedmontese: boré, bauré, buvré
- Friulian: beverâ
- Romansch: bavrer, bavrar
Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: abevrar, aréâr
- Old French: abevrer, aboivrer, abeurer, abriever, abuvrer
  - Middle French: abruver, abbruver, abbuvrer, abbreuver, abreuver
    - French: abreuver
  - Norman: abréver
  - Picard: abruver
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: abeurar
- Gascon: abeverar
- Occitan: abeurar
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: abrevar, brevar
- Galician: abeberar
- Portuguese: abeberar
- Spanish: abrevar

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*abbĭbĕrare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 23

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