Reconstruction:Latin/punctiare

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

Etymology

From punctus +‎ -iāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poŋˈt͡sʲare/

Verb

*punctiāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. sting, prick

Derived terms

• *pinciō?

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: ponzare
• North Italian:
  • Romansch: punscher
  • Venetian: ponzer, ponzar, ponxer, ponxar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: punxar
  • Occitan: ponchar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: punzar
  • Portuguese: punçar
  • Spanish: punzar

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pŭnctiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 582