Reconstruction:Latin/haspa

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

Borrowed from Gothic *haspa, from Proto-Germanic *haspijǭ f.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaspa/, /h-/

Noun

*haspa f (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. clasp
2. reel

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: aspa
  • Neapolitan: aspa
  • Sicilian: aspa
• Padanian:
  • Emilian: aspa
  • Ligurian: aspa
  • Lombard: aspa
  • Piedmontese: aspa
  • Romansch: aspa
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: aspia
  • Old French: haspe
    • Bourguignon: hâpe
  • Occitan: aspa
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Portuguese: aspa
  • Spanish: aspa
    • → Catalan: aspa
  • → Andalusian Arabic: [script needed] (axpa) (via Mozarabic?)

Masculine forms:

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: aspo
  • Neapolitan: aspo
• Padanian:
  • Istriot: daspo
  • Old Lombard: aspo
  • Romansch: asp
  • Venetian: asp
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: aspi
  • Occitan: aspe (Nice)

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “aspa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 380
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “haspa”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 176