Cognate Set 6378 – Meaning: fear

IE-CoR reference form:
metus
IE-CoR reference language:
Latin
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Romance lexemes from Latin metus 'fear, alarm' (DCECH IV:66-67), no further etymology outside of Italic (cf. Ernout & Meillet 1985:402, de Vaan 2008:378 for various uncertain proposals).
Found in clades:
Italic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 3 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
144   Portuguese ter medo ter ˈmeðu ter ˈmeðu
143   Spanish tener miedo teˈnɛɾ ˈmjeðo teˈneɾ ˈmjedo
145   Portuguese: Brazilian ter medo
References
  • Corominas, Joan and Pascual, José A.: IV:66-67
    S.v. Sp. miedo, from Lat. metus, -ūs.
  • Ernout, Alfred and Meillet, Antoine: 402
    S.v. Lat. metus, -ūs 'crainte', no agreed etymology.
  • de Vaan, Michiel: 378
    S.v. Lat. metus, -ūs 'fear, alarm', no clear etymology outside of Italic.