Reconstruction:Latin/barra
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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
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly from Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).[1][2]
Alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *barō (“bar, barrier”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to strike, pierce”), related to Latin forus (“plank”).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
Noun
*barra f (oblique *barram); first declension (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
Descendants
- Aragonese: barra
- Asturian: barra
- → Basque: barra
- Catalan: barra
- Galician: barra
- Italian: barra
- Occitan: barra
- Old French: barre
- Papiamentu: bara
- Portuguese: barra
- Sicilian: barra
- Spanish: barra
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bar”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ “bar”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.