Reconstruction:Latin/incaballicare

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 in- +‎ caballus +‎ -icāre or in- +‎ caballicāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnkaβallɪˈkare/

Verb

*incaballicāre (Proto-Romance)

1. (transitive or intransitive) mount on a saddle
2. be astride (a horse)
3. mate with

Reconstruction notes

Various descendants show semantic crossing with caballicāre (“ride a horse”).

Related terms

• *discaballicāre

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: ncalic, ncãlicari
  • Megleno-Romanian: ăncălicari
  • Romanian: încăleca, încălecare
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: incavalcare

    encavalcare (archaic, Tuscan)

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: incaddicare, incaddigare
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: encavalcar
  • Old French: enchevauchier, enchevalchier, enchevacher, enchivacher
  • Occitan: encavalcar, encavaucar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: encabalgar
  • Galician: encabalgar
  • Portuguese: encavalgar
  • Spanish: encabalgar
• Borrowings:
  • → Albanian: ngalkoj

References

• Buchi, Éva, Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–) “*/ɪn-kaˈβall-ik-a-/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.