Reconstruction:Latin/abbiberare

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 ad- (“at, to”) +‎ biber (“beverage, drink”, noun) +‎ -āre (verb-forming suffix). The second element derives from Classical bibere (“to drink”, verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abbeβeˈrare/

Verb

*abbiberāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. water (cattle, fields, etc.)

Reconstruction notes

Some descendants reflect a metathesis of original /β/ and the following /r/.

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: abbeverare
  • Sicilian: abbivirari
• North Italian:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Piedmontese: boré, bauré, buvré
  • Friulian: beverâ
  • Romansch: bavrer, bavrar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: abevrar, aréâr
  • Old French: abevrer, aboivrer, abeurer, abriever, abuvrer
    • Middle French: abruver, abbruver, abbuvrer, abbreuver, abreuver
      • French: abreuver
    • Norman: abréver
    • Picard: abruver
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: abeurar
  • Gascon: abeverar
  • Occitan: abeurar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: abrevar, brevar
  • Galician: abeberar
  • Portuguese: abeberar
  • Spanish: abrevar

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*abbĭbĕrare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 25