Reconstruction:Latin/nitidiare

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 nitidus ("polished, clear" - in Late Latin also "clean") +‎ -iāre (causative verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /nedejˈjaːr/

Verb edit

*nitidiāre (Proto-Western-Romance)

make clear
clean

Descendants edit

Direct reflexes: (with various cases of /n/–/d/ metathesis)
- Gallo-Romance:
  - Old Catalan: nedejar, denejar
  - Old French: neier, nier, noier, noyer, nesoier
    - Lorrain: nôyé, noï, nọyi, nōi, nauï, nāyẹ, noyẹ́ (all to do with cleaning or preparing potatoes/vegetables)
  - Old Gascon: deneyar
    - Gascon: deneiar
  - Old Occitan: nedejar, denejar
    - Languedocien: denejar
    - →? Gascon: nedejar
- Ibero-Romance:
  - >? Asturian: ñidiar, nidiar
Refections based on nitidus and -idiāre:
- North Italian:
  - Gallo-Italic:
    - Ligurian: netezâ
    - Old Lombard: neteçar
      - Lombard: netegiär (alpine)
    - Piedmontese: nëtié, netié
  - Old Venetian: netezar
- Gallo-Romance:
  - Catalan: netejar
  - Franco-Provençal: neteyér, netiér, neteyir
  - Old French: nettoier
    - French: nettoyer
  - Occitan: netejar (several dialects)
    Vivaro-Alpine: netiar, neteiar

References edit

“nedejar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*nĭtĭdiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 7: N–Pas, page 144