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)

shank, leg calf

Declension

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

Descendants

North Italian:
- ⇒ Emilian: garèt (“heel”)
- ⇒ Ligurian: garon (“heel”)
- ⇒ Lombard: garon (“heel”)
- ⇒ Piedmontese: garon, garèt (“heel”)
- ⇒ Romagnol: garèt (“heel”)
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: gare
  - French: gare, jarre (dialectical)
  - ⇒ Old French: garet, garete, garret, jaret (diminutive)
    - Middle French: jarret
      - French: jarret
        → Catalan: jarret
        → Portuguese: jarrete
        → Spanish: jarrete
    - ⇒ Old French: gareter, garter, gartier, garretier, jartier
      - Middle French: jartier, garretier, jarretier
        French: jarretière
      - → Middle English: garter, gartere, gartier, gartour
        English: garter
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Aragonese: garra ⇒ garrón (“heel”)
- Catalan: garra
- Occitan: garra
Ibero-Romance:
- >? Spanish: garra
  - → Sardinian: carroni

References

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

[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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