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

Alternative forms

*waidaniāre

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wadaɲˈɲare/, /ɡʷ-/

Verb

*wadaniāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

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

Descendants

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