Reconstruction:Latin/barrum

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 Paleo-Hispanic, possibly Celtic or Celtiberian (compare Scottish Gaelic bròchlaid (“trash, dregs, farrago”)).

The Romanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch says that it is of Iberian origin,[1] and it has also been connected to Proto-Slavic *bara (“pond, puddle, swamp”),[2] which see for further discussion and cognates.

Possibly connected with *barra (“barrier”).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbarru/, /-rd-/

Noun

*barrum m (plural *barrōs) (Proto-Ibero-Romance)

  1. clay, mud

Reconstruction notes

/rr/~/rd/ alternation is common in Iberian substrate words.[4]

Descendants

  • Aragonese: bardo
    • →? Occitan: bard (Gascony, Languedoc)
  • Asturian: barru
  • Galician: barro
  • Portuguese: barro
  • Spanish: barro

References

  1. ^ Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “barrum”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German)
  2. ^ Leschber, C. (2025). The South Slavic bara and deep linguistic relationships (p. 291). Institute for Linguistic and Cross-Cultural Studies.
  3. ^ “barro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
  4. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “barro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 528
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