Reconstruction:Latin/passarum

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

Alteration of passer, remodeled as a second-declension noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpassaru/

Noun

*passarum m (plural *passarōs) (Proto-Ibero-Romance)

1. bird

Descendants

• Aragonese: paxaro
• Asturian: páxaru
• Old Galician-Portuguese: passaro
  • Galician: paxaro
  • Portuguese: pássaro
• Old Spanish: páxaro, pássaro
  • Ladino: pásharo
  • Spanish: pájaro
  • →? Sicilian: pàssaru