Reconstruction:Latin/wadaniare

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

Alternative forms edit

*waidaniāre

Etymology edit

From Frankish *waiþanōjan, *waiþanōn (“to hunt, pursue; graze”). Influenced by Medieval Latin ganō (“acquire, seize”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /wadaɲˈɲare/, /ɡʷ-/

Verb edit

*wadaniāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

to pursue, win, earn
to graze, mow, scythe

Descendants edit

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: guadagnare
- Sicilian: guadagnari, vadagnari
Padanian:
- Friulian: vuadagnâ
- Piedmontese: vagné, uagné
- Venetian: vadagnar
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: gvâgnier
- Old French: gaigner, gayner, gainer, guaainer, guainer, gaygner, gaaignier
  - Anglo-Norman: wainer
    - →? Middle English: wainen
  - Gallo: gaigner
  - Middle French: gaigner, gaignier, gainger, gaegnier, gaingier
    - French: gagner
  - Norman: gangni' (Jersiais)
  - Picard: gagnie, gagneu (Athois)
  - Walloon: wangnî, gangnî (Charleroi, Liégeois), gangnè (Forrières), gågnî (Liégeois)
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Old Catalan: guasanyar, guaanyar, guaaynar, goanyar, guaayar, gaayar, gonyar
  - Catalan: guanyar, gonyar
- Old Occitan: gaaigniar, gazanhar
  - Occitan: ganhar
Ibero-Romance:
- Old Galician-Portuguese:
  - Portuguese: ganhar
- Old Spanish: guadanyar
  - Spanish: guadañar
    - ⇒ Spanish: guadaña
      - → Portuguese: gadanha