Reconstruction:Latin/figicare

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 fīgō (“drive in, fix in place”) +‎ -ĭcāre, with early syncope of /ĭ/ and assimilation of /ɡk/ to /kk/ (cf. *trūdicāre).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /fikˈkare/

Verb edit

*fīgicāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

insert, stick in

Reconstruction notes edit

The nasal infix observed in Ibero-Romance and (rarely) Occitan is of uncertain origin.

Descendants edit

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: ficcare
- Sicilian: ficcari
North Italian:
- Friulian: ficjâ, fičhâ
- Piedmontese: fichè
- Romansch: fitśer
- Venetian: ficar
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: ficar
- Franco-Provençal: fetsi, fetsé
- Old French: fichier, fiquier
  - Middle French: ficher
    - French: ficher
  - Norman: fiquer, fiquier, fiquir
  - Picard: fiquer
- Gascon: hicar
- Occitan: ficar, fichar, ⇒ afincar
Ibero-Romance:
- Galician: ficar, fincar
- Portuguese: ficar, fincar
- Old Spanish: [Term?]
  - ⇒ Ladino: enfinkar
  - Spanish: ficar, fincar, hincar
    - Papiamentu: hinka

References edit

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*fīgĭcare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 506