Reconstruction:Latin/erctum

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

Past participle for *ergere (“raise”), corresponding to Classical Latin ērectus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛrktu/, /ˈe-/

Participle

*erctus (feminine *ercta, neuter *erctum); first/second-declension participle (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

raised

Derived terms

*ercticum
- Gallo-Italic:
  - Lombard: erteg
- Gallo-Romance:
  - Catalan: èrtic

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: erto, ⇒ erta
- ⇒ Sicilian: irta
- Venetan: erto
Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: ert
- Ladin: ert
- Romansh: iert
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: ert
Ibero-Romance:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: yrto
  - Galician: irto
  - Portuguese: hirto
- Spanish: yerto

References

Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “erguir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 655