Reconstruction:Latin/torcere

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

Reassignment of Classical torquēre to the third conjugation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔrkere/

Verb

*torcere (Proto-Romance)

  1. to twist

Reconstruction notes

The unrounding of the original (Classical Latin) /kʷ/ presumably started in the new conjugations *torquō (“I twist”) and *torquunt (“they twist”), with the following rounded vowels prompting the regular dissimilation /kʷ/ > /k/. Subsequently, /k/ spread to the other conjugations via analogy.

Derived terms

  • *extorcere
  • *intorcere
    • Aragonese: entorzer
    • Italian: intorcere
    • Old French: entordre
    • Romanian: întoarce
    • Venetan: intòrxer, intòrxar

Descendants

  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: torchere, torciri, trochere, dorchere
  • Balkano-Romance:
  • Italo-Dalmatian:
    • Italian: torcere
    • Sicilian: tòrciri
    • Venetan: tòrxer, tòrzer, tòrxar
  • Gallo-Italic::
    • Piedmontese: tòrze
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

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