Reconstruction:Latin/ergo

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 ērigō via syncope of intertonic /ĭ/ and lowering of the stressed vowel, perhaps by analogy with pergō.

Pronunciation

(Proto-Italo-Western-Romance) IPA^(key): /ˈɛrɡo, ˈɛrɟere, ˈɛrsi, ˈɛrtu/

Verb

*ergō (present infinitive *ergere, perfect active *erxī, supine *erctum); third conjugation

raise

Reconstruction notes

The modern Ibero-Romance verbs were rebuilt from the 1SG present (Sp. yergo, Pt. ergo), hence they have /ɡ/ rather than /θ/ or /ʒ/ throughout their inflexion paradigms.

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: ergere
- Neapolitan: irgere, irgire (Cosenza)
North Italian:
- Ladin: erjer
- ⇒ Romansch: derscher
Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: erdre
  - Norman: herdre, erdre
  - Picard: herdre
Occitano-Romance:
- Old Occitan: erdre, erzer ⇒ derzer
  - Vivaro-Alpine: erzer
Ibero-Romance:
- Old Portuguese: erger
  - ⇒ Galician: erguer
  - ⇒ Portuguese: erguer
- Old Spanish: erzer, erger
  - Spanish: ercer (obsolete) ⇒ erguir

References

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “erguir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 655
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “erĭgere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 240

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