Reconstruction:Latin/nitidio

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 nitid- (“polished, clear”) +‎ -iō (causative verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /neˈdejo/

Verb

*nitidiō (present infinitive *nitidiāre, perfect active *nitidiāvī, supine *nitidiātum); first conjugation

(Proto-Western-Romance) clean, clear

Descendants

Direct reflexes:
- >? Asturian: ñidiar, nidiar
- Old Catalan: nedejar, denejar (metathesis)
- Old French: neier, nier, noier, noyer, nesoier
  - Lorrain: nôyé, noï, nọyi, nōi, nauï, nāyẹ, noyẹ́ (all to do with cleaning or preparing potatoes/vegetables)
- Old Occitan: nedejar, deneyar (metathesis)
  - Gascon: nedejar, deneiar
  - Languedocien: denejar
Refections based on nitidus and -idiāre:
- North Italian:
  - Gallo-Italic:
    - Ligurian: netezâ
    - Old Lombard: neteçar
      - Lombard: netegiär (alpine)
    - Piedmontese: nëtié, netié
  - Old Venetian: netezar
- Gallo-Romance:
  - Catalan: netejar
  - Franco-Provençal: neteyér, netiér, neteyir
  - Old French: nettoier
    - French: nettoyer
  - Occitan: netejar (several dialects)
    Vivaro-Alpine: netiar, neteiar

References

“nedejar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*nĭtĭdiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 7: N–Pas, page 144