Reconstruction:Latin/frustiare
Latin
Etymology
From frustum (“bit, morsel”) + -iāre (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /frosˈsʲare/
Verb
*frustiāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
- break into pieces
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: frusciare, ⇒ sfrusciare, sfruscià (Arcevia)
- Neapolitan: fruscià (Cerignola)
- Sicilian: frusciari
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Romansh: furschar, ⇒ sfruschia
- Gallo-Italic:
- Piedmontese: frucè
- Gallo-Romance:
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*frustiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 831