Reconstruction:Latin/pauta

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

Of obscure and highly debated origin; pre-Roman and (problematically) Germanic origins have both been proposed. Perhaps has to do with the personal name Pauto recorded in Roman inscriptions around Trier. Compare the synonymous *patta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpau̯ta/

Noun

*pauta f (Proto-Western-Romance)

paw

Descendants

Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: pota [1371]
- Old French: poe [12th c.] (see there for further descendants)
- Old Occitan: pauta
  - Occitan: pauta
  - →⇒ Basque: potika (“on all fours”)
Ibero-Romance:
- Navarro-Aragonese: pota [15th c.]
- Old Galician-Portuguese: *pouta ⇒ Poutam, Poutom [1173–4 and 1258 respectively; surnames]
  - Galician: pouta
Borrowings (or cognates):
- →? Old Dutch: *pota
  - Middle Dutch: pôte
    - Dutch: poot
    - Limburgish: poeat
- →? Old High German:
  - Rhine Franconian: pōt (Lorraine)
- →? Old Saxon:
  - Middle Low German: pōte
    - → German: Pfote

References

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “pata”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 423
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pauta”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 77

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