Reconstruction:Latin/experlavare

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 ex- +‎ perlavāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sperlaˈβare/, /spellaˈβare/

Verb

*experlavāre (Proto-Romance)

1. thoroughly wash

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: aspel, spel, spilari
  • Aromanian: spelå
  • Megleno-Romanian: spel
  • Romanian: spăla
  • → Albanian: shpëlaj, shplaj, shpërlaj
• Italo-Romance:
  • Neapolitan:

    Calabria: spaddavare

  • Sicilian: spirlavari, spillavari, spillivari, ⇒ spirlavatu

    Calabria: sprullavari

References

• Buchi, Éva, Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–) “*/s-per-ˈlaβ-a-/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.