Reconstruction:Latin/bullicare

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 bulliō ("bubble", verb) +‎ -icāre (frequentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bolleˈkare/

Verb

*bullicāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. boil, bubble up

Reconstruction notes

A late syncopated form is attested in the Reichenau Glossary (bulcātum < *bullicātum, past participle).

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: bulicare
    • → Piedmontese: bolichè
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: bugiér
  • Old French: bougier
    • Middle French: bouger
      • French: bouger
        • →? Piedmontese: bogè
      • → English: budge
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: bellugar (with vowel metathesis)
  • Occitan: bolegar
    • → French: bouléguer
• Ibero-Romance:
  • ⇒ Aragonese: esbolligar
  • Galician: buligar, boligar
  • ⇒ Spanish: abulligar (Salamanca)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*bullicare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 1: A–B, page 617