Reconstruction:Latin/plovia
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Classical Latin pluvia, with the stressed vowel taken from *plŏvĕre (“to rain”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*plovia f (Proto-Romance)
Descendants
edit- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: proja
References
edit- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “llover”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 733
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “plŭvia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 106