Reconstruction:Latin/veranum

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

Ellipsis of *tempus vērānum (“springtime”), from tempus (“time”) +‎ vēr (“spring”) +‎ -ānus (adjective-forming suffix). Compare hībernum (“winter”), an ellipsis of the attested phrase tempus hībernum 'wintertime'. The original sense of 'spring' survives in Corsican and Sardinian. It is attested in medieval Ibero-Romance as well, but there has since been a shift to the sense of 'summer' due to the derivatives of prīma vēra (originally 'early spring') taking over the general sense of 'spring'.

Pronunciation

(Proto-Romance) IPA^(key): /βeˈranu/

Noun

*vērānum

spring
Synonym: *vēra

Descendants

Insular Romance:
- Old Corsican: veranu
  - Corsican: veranu, viranu, branu
  - Sassarese: branu
- Sardinian:
  - Campidanese: benãu, enãu, banãu, anãu
  - Logudorese: beranu, baranu
  - Nuorese: beranu, eranu, veranu (non-betacist varieties)
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: verano
- Asturian: veranu, verañu, branu
- Mirandese: berano
- Old Portuguese: verão
  - Fala: verán
  - Galician: verán, vran, vrao, vrau, vra
  - Portuguese: verão
- Old Spanish: verano
  - Spanish: verano

References

Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “vērānum”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 703
Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “veránu”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg