Reconstruction:Latin/rosicare

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 edit

Etymology edit

From rōsus (“gnawed”) +‎ -icāre (frequentative verb-forming suffix), the former being the past participle of rōdere (“gnaw”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /roseˈkare/

Verb edit

*rōsicāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

gnaw

Descendants edit

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: rosicare
- Neapolitan: rusecare
- Sicilian: rusicari
North Italian:
- Gallo-Italic:
  - Emilian: rosgà, rosghè, roschè
  - Ligurian: rozigiâ, rogijâ, rozegâ
  - Lombard: rosegà, rosiär
  - Piedmontese: rusié, aurziè, arzujè, arzié, rosighé
  - Romagnol: rosghè
- Friulian: roseâ
- Venetian: roxegar
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: rosegar, roegar
- Old Occitan: rosegar, rozegar
  - Occitan: rosegar (several dialects)
    Limousin: rosjar
    
    Provençal: roegar, roeigar, roigar, rosigar
    
    Vivaro-Alpine: roïgar, rosigar
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: rosigar, arrosigar

References edit

Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “*rosicare”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 553