Reconstruction:Latin/tuccare

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

Either of onomatopeic origin or borrowed from Frankish *tukkōn (“to touch, hit”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tokˈkare/

Verb

*tuccāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

to strike, knock
to touch

Descendants

Balkano-Romance:
- >? Romanian: toca (probably a borrowing from Italian for expected *tuca)
Italo-Dalmatian:
- Italian: toccare
- Neapolitan: toccare
- Sicilian: tuccari
- Venetan: tocar
Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: tocjâ
- Romansch: tutgar, tuccar, tutgear
Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: tochier, touchier, tucher
  - Middle French: toucher
    - French: toucher
      - → Dutch: toucheren
      - → German: touchieren
    - → German: tuschen
  - Norman: touchi (Jersiais)
  - Picard: toucheu, touchie (Athois)
  - Walloon: touchî (Charleroi), toucher (Liégeois)
  - → Dutch: toetsen
  - → Middle English: touchen, towchen, tochen
    - English: touch
  - (possibly) → West Frisian: tútsje
- Old Northern French: *toquer, *tocquer
  - Middle French: toquer, tocquer
    - French: toquer
  - Picard: toqueu (Athois)
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: tocar
- Old Occitan: tocar
  - Occitan: tocar, tochar
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: tocar
- Asturian: tocar
- Old Galician-Portuguese: tocar
  - Galician: tocar
  - Portuguese: tocar
- Spanish: tocar
  - → Sardinian: tocae, tocai, tocare, togare