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Reconstruction:Latin/barrum

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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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From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Celtic or Celtiberian.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*barrum m (plural *barrōs) (Proto-Ibero-Romance)

  1. clay, mud

Reconstruction notes

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/rr/~/rd/ alternation is common in Iberian substrate words.[1]

Descendants

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  • Aragonese: bardo
    • →? Occitan: bard (Gascony, Languedoc)
  • Asturian: barru
  • Galician: barro
  • Portuguese: barro
  • Spanish: barro

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “barro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 528
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