Reconstruction:Latin/wadaniare

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

Alternative forms

• *waidaniāre

Etymology

From Frankish *waiþanōjan, *waiþanōn (“to hunt, pursue; graze”). Influenced by Medieval Latin ganō (“acquire, seize”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wadaɲˈɲare/, /ɡʷ-/

Verb

*wadaniāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. to pursue, win, earn
2. to graze, mow, scythe

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: guadagnare
  • Sicilian: guadagnari, vadagnari
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: vuadagnâ
  • Piedmontese: vagné, uagné
  • Venetian: vadagnar
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: gvâgnier
  • Old French: gaigner, gayner, gainer, guaainer, guainer, gaygner, gaaignier
    • Anglo-Norman: wainer
      • →? Middle English: wainen
    • Gallo: gaigner
    • Middle French: gaigner, gaignier, gainger, gaegnier, gaingier
      • French: gagner
    • Norman: gangni' (Jersiais)
    • Picard: gagnie, gagneu (Athois)
    • Walloon: wangnî, gangnî (Charleroi, Liégeois), gangnè (Forrières), gågnî (Liégeois)
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Catalan: guasanyar, guaanyar, guaaynar, goanyar, guaayar, gaayar, gonyar
    • Catalan: guanyar, gonyar
  • Old Occitan: gaaigniar, gazanhar
    • Occitan: ganhar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:
    • Portuguese: ganhar
  • Old Spanish: guadanyar
    • Spanish: guadañar
      • ⇒ Spanish: guadaña
        • → Portuguese: gadanha