Reconstruction:Latin/pinctare

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 *pinctus +‎ -āre.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /penʲˈtaːr/

Verb edit

*pinctāre (Proto-Western-Romance)

Alternative form of *pictāre (“paint”)

Reconstruction notes edit

The Neapolitan and Sardinian forms may have been borrowed from or influenced by Spanish.^[1] It is therefore uncertain whether this reconstruction can be assigned to a previous stage of Romance.

Descendants edit

Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: pintar
- Franco-Provençal: pintâ, pinté, pentá
- Occitan: pintar
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: pintar
- Galician: pintar
- Portuguese: pintar
- Spanish: pintar
  - → Neapolitan: pentà
  - → Sardinian: pintare, pintai

References edit

Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “pictāre”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 482
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pĭctare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 428

^ Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “pintáre”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

[1] Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “pintáre”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

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