Reconstruction:Latin/pissiare
Latin
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pisˈsʲare/
Verb
*pīssiāre (Proto-Romance)
- to urinate
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: piscià
- Italian: pisciare
- → Sardinian: pisciare, pisciai (Campidanese)
- Neapolitan: piscià
- Sicilian: pisciari
- North Italian:
- Friulian: pissâ
- Romansch: pischer
- Venetan: pisar
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pissiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 8: Patavia–Pix, page 594