Reconstruction:Latin/tirare

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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

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Only attested in the Romance languages. Joan Coromines viewed this word as “one of the obscurest matters in neo-Latin etymology, so much so as to be considered insoluble”.[1] Among the proposed etyma are:

Pronunciation

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Verb

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*tīrāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

  1. to pull, draw
  2. to throw, shoot

Descendants

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  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: tirare
    • Neapolitan: tirare
    • Sicilian: tirari
  • Padanian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: tirar
    • Occitan: tirar
    • Old French: tirer (see there for further descendants)
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

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  1. ^ Cortelazzo and Zolli.
  2. ^ Cortelazzo and Zolli, citing G. Serra; Petit Robert.
  3. ^ Cortelazzo and Zolli, citing Battisti and Alessio, DEI.
  4. ^ Cortelazzo and Zolli, citing several authorities.
  5. ^ Edward A. Roberts. The second of the two meanings is primary in Spanish; the first in French and Italian