Reconstruction:Latin/vera

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 Latin vēra, plural of vēr (“spring”), reinterpreted as a feminine singular noun. In the Balkans its meaning shifted to 'summer' because the derivatives of Late Latin prīma vēra (originally 'early spring') had taken over the general sense of 'spring'. Cf. the similar semantic chain-shift in Ibero-Romance derivatives of *vērānum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβera/

Noun

*vēra f (Proto-Romance)

1. (Proto-Balkan-Romance) summer
2. (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance) spring^?

   Synonym: *vērānum

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: vearã, viare
  • Istro-Romanian: vęrę
  • Megleno-Romanian: veară, vęră
  • Romanian: vară
  • → Albanian: verë
• Italo-Western Romance:
  • Old Neapolitan: vera
  • Old Romagnol: vera

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ver”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 272