Reconstruction:Latin/coactitare
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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[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*coactitāre (Proto-Gallo-Romance)
- Alternative form of *coacticāre (“to press”) (cf. *volvitāre~*volvicāre)
Reconstruction notes[edit]
The initial /kw-/ is suggested by the absence, in northern Occitan, of any variant showing palatalization of /k/, as well as parallelism with the northern outcomes of *coacticāre. The absence of /w/ from Gascon, as opposed to its survival in for instance /ˈkwate/ < Latin quattuor, would likely be due to its being found in a pretonic syllable (cf. /kaˈtɔrze/ < quattuordecim).
An original */-kt-/ (> */jt/) would be expected to yield */t͡ʃ/ in various regions, but collision with the following */t/ may have depalatalized it.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*coactitare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 814