Reconstruction:Latin/sifilare

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 sibilō.

Verb

*sīfilāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. to hiss
2. to whistle

Related terms

• sibilō
• *sūbilāre
• *sūfilāre

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: zifulà
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: sivilâ, sjivilâ, šivîlâ
  • Lombard: sifolar
  • Piedmontese: siflé, silé
  • Venetan: siołar, sifołar
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: sifler
    • French: siffler
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Aragonese: chiflar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: chifrar
  • Spanish: chiflar