Reconstruction:Latin/nivare

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

Alternative forms

• *nevāre

Etymology

From nivem (“snow”, noun) +‎ -āre (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪˈβare/

Verb

*nivāre (Proto-Romance)

1. snow

   Synonym: *nivicāre

Descendants

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian:

    Campidanese: niai

    Logudorese: niare

    Nuorese: nivare, nibare

• North Italian:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Emilian: nevà, neivà, nvà, nvé
    • Ligurian: nevâ, nejâ
    • Lombard: nvar
  • Romansch: naiver, neiver (Sursilvan, Surmiran); never (Sutsilvan)
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: nevêr, nêvre; nèivre

    Valdôtain: nòivre

  • >? Walloon: niver