Reconstruction:Latin/ergere

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 ērigō via syncope of intertonic /ĭ/ and lowering of the stressed vowel, perhaps by analogy with pergō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛrɟere/

Verb

*ergere (past participle *erctum) (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. raise

Reconstruction notes

The modern Ibero-Romance verbs were rebuilt from the 1SG form */ˈɛrɡo/ (> Spanish yergo, Portuguese ergo), hence they have /ɡ/ rather than /θ/ or /ʒ/ throughout their inflexion paradigms.

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: ergere
  • Neapolitan: irgere, irgire (Cosenza)
• North Italian:
  • Ladin: erjer
  • ⇒ Romansch: derscher
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: erdre
    • Norman: erdre
    • Picard: erdre
  • Old Occitan: erdre, erzer ⇒ derzer
    • Vivaro-Alpine: erzer
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: erguer
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: erger
    • ⇒ Galician: erguer
    • ⇒ Portuguese: erguer
  • Old Spanish: erzer, erger
    • Spanish: ercer (obsolete) ⇒ erguir

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “erguir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 655
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “erĭgere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 240