Reconstruction:Latin/figicare

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 fīgō (“drive in, fix in place”) +‎ -ĭcāre, with early syncope of /ĭ/ and assimilation of /ɡk/ to /kk/ (cf. *trūdicāre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fikˈkare/

Verb

*fīgicāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. insert, stick in

Reconstruction notes

The nasal infix observed in Ibero-Romance and (rarely) Occitan is of uncertain origin.

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: ficcare
  • Sicilian: ficcari
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: ficjâ, fičhâ
  • Piedmontese: fichè
  • Romansch: fitśer
  • Venetian: ficar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: ficar
  • Franco-Provençal: fetsi, fetsé
  • Old French: fichier, fiquier
    • Middle French: ficher
      • French: ficher
    • Norman: fiquer, fiquier, fiquir
    • Picard: fiquer
  • Gascon: hicar
  • Occitan: ficar, fichar, ⇒ afincar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: ficar, fincar
  • Portuguese: ficar, fincar
  • Old Spanish: [Term?]
    • ⇒ Ladino: enfinkar
    • Spanish: ficar, fincar, hincar
      • Papiamentu: hinka

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*fīgĭcare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 506