Reconstruction:Latin/piltrum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Perhaps from a substrate such as Ancient Ligurian, Etruscan, or Pelasgian.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
*piltrum ? (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
- pewter (tin alloy)
Descendants edit
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Old N. Italian peltre
- Gallo-Romance:
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pĭltrum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 504
- ^ Mansell (1953): Archivum Linguisticum, Volumes 5-8, p. 115