Reconstruction:Latin/erctus

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛrktos/, /ˈe-/

Participle

*erctus (feminine *ercta, neuter *erctum); first/second-declension participle (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

past participle of *ergere

Reconstruction notes

Some descendants suggest /ˈe-/, others /ˈɛ-/.

Derived terms

*ercticus
- Catalan: èrtic
- Lombard: erteg

Descendants

Italy and environs:
- Italian: erto ⇒ erta
- Romansch: iert
- ⇒ Sicilian: irta
Iberia:
- Catalan: ert
- Galician: irto
- Portuguese: hirto
- Spanish: yerto

References

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “erguir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 655

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