Reconstruction:Latin/pissiare

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

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pisˈsʲare/

Verb

*pīssiāre (Proto-Romance)

1. to urinate

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: chishari
  • Romanian: pișa
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: piscià
  • Italian: pisciare
    • → Sardinian: pisciare, pisciai (Campidanese)
  • Neapolitan: piscià
  • Sicilian: pisciari
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: pissâ
  • Romansch: pischer
  • Venetan: pisar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: pixar
  • Franco-Provençal: pissier
  • Old French: pissier (see there for further descendants)
  • Occitan: pishar, pissar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: pixar, pichar

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pissiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 594