Cognate Set 870 – Meaning: earth

IE-CoR reference form:
*ters-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Italic and Celtic lexemes derived from PIE *ters- 'to dry out; become thirsty' (NIL 701-704, cf. Ernout & Meillet 1985:687-688, Untermann 2000:736, 745, de Vaan 2008:616, Vendryes et al. 1959–1996 T:74-75, Matasović 2009:379-380).
Found in clades:
Celtic, Italic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 2 clades by 23 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
141   Catalan terra ˈtɛrə ˈtɛrə
136   French terre tɛːʁ tɛʁ
129   Italian terra ˈtɛrra ˈtɛrra
131   Ladin tera ˈtɛra
144   Portuguese terra ˈtɛʀɐ ˈtɛʀɐ
134   Sardinian: Logudoro terra ˈtɛrra ˈtɛrra
133   Sardinian: Nuoro terra ˈtɛrra ˈtɛrra
143   Spanish tierra ˈtjɛra ˈtjera
137   Walloon têre tɛːʁ tɛːʁ
124   Latin terra ˈterːa ˈterːa G.sg. terrae
130   Friulian tiere ˈtjare ˈtjɛre
146   Oscan teras Native alphabet: teras (gen.sg. [or acc.pl?], Cp 37).
154   Old Breton tir Seems to be rather '(piece of) land' than the actual 'ground'. On the other hand, Latin terra and douar (Catholicon 1499) are given as synonyms.
128   Neapolitan terra ˈtɛrrə ˈtɛrrə
135   Anglo-Norman terre
139   Franco-Provençal térra ˈteʀɐ ˈteʀa
142   Old Spanish tierra ˈtjera
138   Old Occitan terra
140   Old Catalan terra tɛrə tɛrə
126   Megleno-Romanian ţáră
127   Dalmatian: Vegliote ti̯ara ˈtjara
145   Portuguese: Brazilian terra
132   Milanese tèra ˈtɛra
References
  • Ernout, Alfred and Meillet, Antoine: 687-688
    S.v. Lat. terra 'terre' < *ters-ā (cf. v. torreō).
  • Matasović, Ranko: 379-380
    S.v. Proto-Celtic *tīros- 'land, earth' < PIE *ter-s- 'dry'.
  • Untermann, Jürgen: 736, 745
    Oscan <b>tera</b>- < *ters-ā < *ters-eh₂. Cf. O. <b>terúm</b> < *ters-o-.
  • Vendryes, Joseph and Bachellery, Edouard and Lambert, Pierre-Yves: T:74-75
    S.v. OIr. tír 'terre, sol'
  • Wodtko, Dagmar S. and Irslinger, Britta and Schneider, Carolin: 701-704
    S.v. *ters- 'vertrocknen; durstig werden' (LIV² 637f., IEW 1078f.). The Italic forms are from *ters-eh₂-, the Celtic ones from *tērs-es- n.
  • de Vaan, Michiel: 616
    S.v. Lat. terra 'dry land, earth' < Proto-Italic *tersā- 'earth', terso- 'area'. Cf. PIE *ters-h₂- 'dry land' (OIr. tír 'territory; dry', OWel. tir < *tērs-o/es-).