Reconstruction:Latin/frustiare

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 frustum (“bit, morsel”) +‎ -iāre (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frosˈsʲare/

Verb

*frustiāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. break into pieces

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: frusciare

    ⇒ sfruscià (Arcevia)

  • Neapolitan: fruscià (Cerignola)
• North Italian:
  • Piedmontese: frucè
  • Romansch: furschar; ⇒ sfruschia
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Gascon: frossar
  • Occitan: freussar (Limousin)
  • Old French: froissier (see there for further descendants)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*frustiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 831