Reconstruction:Latin/exferra

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

Deverbal of *exferrāre (“to unshoe (a horse)”), from ex- +‎ ferrum (“iron, (Proto-Romance) *horseshoe”) +‎ -āre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˈfɛrra/

Noun

*exferra f (plural *exferrās) (Proto-Italo-Romance)

1. exhausted horseshoe, the old horseshoe after it is removed from the hoof of a horse (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
2. an old rusty knife without handle

Descendants

• Italian: sferra
• Neapolitan: sferra
• Sicilian: sferra

Further reading

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 980: “la lama del coltello” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it