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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡarra/

Noun

*garra f (oblique *garram); first declension (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. shank, leg calf

Declension

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

Descendants

• Gallo-Italic:
  • ⇒ 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:
  • Catalan: garra
  • Occitan: garra
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: garra, ⇒ garrón (“heel”)
  • >? Spanish: garra
    • → Sardinian: carroni