Reconstruction:Latin/plovere

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 or a collateral form of Classical pluere. First attested in Old French as pluveir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplɔβere/

Verb

*plovere (Proto-Romance)

  1. rain

Reconstruction notes

Several descendants reflect */ploˈβere/, with a change in verb class.

The form plovēbat (“it was raining”) is attested once. It is ambiguous between */ˈplɔβere/ and */ploˈβere/.

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: ploae, ploai
    • Romanian: ploua
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Corsican: piova
    • Italian: piovere
    • Neapolitan: chiòve
    • Sicilian: chiòviri
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Occitano-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Aragonese: plever
      Ribagorçan: plloure, pllober
    • Astur-Leonese:
      • Asturian: llover, ḷḷover, chover (western)
      • Leonese: ḷḷover, chovere
      • Mirandese: chober
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: chover
      • Galician: chover
      • Portuguese: chover (see there for further descendants)
    • Spanish: llover
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian:
      Campidanese: prori, proi
      Logudorese: proghere, proere, pioghere, pioere
      Nuorese: proghere, proere, cioere

References

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