Reconstruction:Latin/pissiare

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

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /pisˈsʲare/

Verb edit

*pīssiāre (Proto-Romance)

to urinate

Descendants edit

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: chishari
- Romanian: pișa
Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: piscià
- Italian: pisciare
  - → Sardinian: pisciare, pisciai
- Neapolitan: piscià
- Sicilian: pisciari
North Italian:
- Friulian: pissâ
- Romansch: pischer
- Venetian: pisar
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: pixar
- Franco-Provençal: pissier
- Old French: pissier (see there for further descendants)
- Occitan: pishar, pissar
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: pixar, pichar

References edit

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pissiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 594