Reconstruction:Latin/werra

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 Frankish *werra, from Proto-West Germanic *werran (“to confuse, disturb, resist”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Proto-Italo-Western Romance) /ˈɡʷɛrra/, /ˈwɛrra/

Noun

*werra f (oblique *werram); first declension

war

Derived terms

*werrizō

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: guèrra
- Italian: guerra
- Neapolitan: uerra
- Sicilian: guerra, verra, uerra
  - → Maltese: gwerra
Padanian:
- Friulian: vuere
- Istriot: guiera
- Ladin: viera
- Piedmontese: guèra
- Romansch: uiara, veara
- Venetian: guera
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: guerre, guere, gere, gerre, were, wiere, werre
  - Bourguignon: guârre, gârre, gârre
  - Middle French: guerre
    - French: guerre
      - → Wolof: xare, geer
  - Norman: dgèrre, gùerre, dgèrre; djère, guère; gyer, gyer
  - Picard: dgère, djérre; guère, guère, dgère
  - Walloon: guere, guêre, guére, guère
  - → Middle English: werre, ware, wær, weer, weorre, wer, were, werr, weyr, worre
    - English: war
    - Scots: war, wer, weir
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Occitan: guèrra
- Old Catalan: guerra, gerra
  - Catalan: guerra
    - → Sardinian: gherra
Ibero-Romance:
- Old Leonese:
  - Asturian: guerra
  - Leonese: gerra
    - → Basque: gerra
- Old Portuguese: guerra, gerra
  - Galician: guerra
  - Portuguese: guerra
- Old Spanish: guerra
  - Ladino: gerra
  - Spanish: guerra
  - → Moroccan Arabic: قِرَّة‎ (gīrra)

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