Reconstruction:Latin/plovia

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 Classical Latin pluvia, with the stressed vowel taken from *plŏvĕre (“to rain”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈplɔβʲa/, /ˈplɔja/

Noun edit

*plovia f (Proto-Romance)

rain

Descendants edit

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: ploai
- Istro-Romanian: ploie
- Megleno-Romanian: ploaiă
- Romanian: ploaie
Dalmatian:
- pluaia
Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: pioghja
- Italian: pioggia
- Neapolitan: chioggia
- Sicilian: chioggia, chioggi
Padanian:
- Friulian: ploie
- Old Ligurian: pobia
- Old Lombard: piobia
- Old Venetian: ploba, piuoba
- Piedmontese: piobbia
- Romansch: plievgia
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: pluja
- Franco-Provençal: ploge
- Old French: pluie (see there for further descendants)
- Occitan: pluèja
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 (in German), volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 106