Reconstruction:Latin/abbiberare
Latin
Etymology
From ad- (“at, to”) + biber (“beverage, drink”, noun) + -āre (verb-forming suffix). The second element derives from Classical bibere (“to drink”, verb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abbeβeˈrare/
Verb
*abbiberāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
- water (cattle, fields, etc.)
Reconstruction notes
Some descendants reflect a metathesis of original /β/ and the following /r/.
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: abbeverare
- Sicilian: abbivirari
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: beverâ
- Romansch: bavrer, bavrar
- Gallo-Italic:
- Piedmontese: boré, bauré, buvré
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*abbĭbĕrare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 25