Reconstruction:Latin/tirare

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

Uncertain. Only attested in the Romance languages. Joan Coromines viewed this word as “one of the obscurest matters in neo-Latin etymology, so much so as to be considered insoluble”. Among the proposed etyma are:

• Proto-Germanic *tir-, *teraną (“to tear, tear away, rip or snatch off, pull violently, tug”).
• Vulgar Latin *(mar)tyrāre, from Ancient Greek μάρτυς (mártus).
• Ancient Greek τείρω (teírō, “to wear out; rub”).
• Vulgar Latin *trare (“drag”), from Latin trahere (or simply the latter).
• Old Persian *tīr (“arrow”); cf. the modern تیر.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈrare/

Verb

*tīrāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. to pull, draw
2. to throw, shoot

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: tirare
  • Neapolitan: tirare
  • Sicilian: tirari
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: tirâ
  • Lombard: tirà
  • Piedmontese: tiré
  • Venetan: tirar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: tirar
  • Occitan: tirar
  • Old French: tirer (see there for further descendants)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: tirar
  • Galician: tirar
  • Portuguese: tirar
  • Spanish: tirar