Reconstruction:Latin/garra

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

Borrowed from Gaulish *garrā, from Proto-Celtic *garros (“shank, leg calf”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡarra/

Noun

*garra f (oblique *garram); first declension (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

  1. shank, leg calf

Declension

singular plural
nominative */ˈɡarra/ */ˈɡarras/
oblique */ˈɡarra/ */ˈɡarras/

Descendants

  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: garra, esguerrar
    • Occitan: garra
    • Old French: gare
      • French: gare, jarre (dialectical)
      • ⇒ Old French: garet, garete, garret, jaret (diminutive)
        • Middle French: jarret
          • French: jarret (see there for further descendants)
        • ⇒ Old French: gareter, garter, gartier, garretier, jartier
          • Middle French: jartier, garretier, jarretier
            • French: jarretière (see there for further descendants)
          • → Middle English: garter, gartere, gartier, gartour
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • ⇒ Emilian: garèt (“heel”)
    • ⇒ Ligurian: garon (“heel”)
    • ⇒ Lombard: garon (“heel”)
    • ⇒ Piedmontese: garon, garèt (“heel”)
    • ⇒ Romagnol: garèt (“heel”)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 207
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