Cognate Set 877 – Meaning: fire

IE-CoR reference form:
focus
IE-CoR reference language:
Latin
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Romance lexemes from Latin focus 'hearth, fireplace' (Meyer-Lübke 1935:292-293). Further etymology uncertain (cf. Ernout & Meillet 1985:243, de Vaan 2008:228-229 for further discussion).
Found in clades:
Italic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 21 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
141   Catalan foc fɔk fɔk
136   French feu fø fø
129   Italian fuoco ˈfwɔːko ˈfwɔko
131   Ladin fuech ˈfue̯k
144   Portuguese fogo ˈfoɡu ˈfoɡu
134   Sardinian: Logudoro focu ˈfoːɣu ˈfoːɣu
143   Spanish fuego ˈfweɣo ˈfweɡo
137   Walloon feû føː føː
130   Friulian fûc ˈfuːk ˈfuːk Deriv. fogon.
125   Romanian foc fok fok
127   Dalmatian: Vegliote fuk fuk
128   Neapolitan fuoco ˈfwokə ˈfwokə
133   Sardinian: Nuoro focu ˈfoːɣu ˈfoːɣu
135   Anglo-Norman feu
139   Franco-Provençal foua ˈfwa ˈfua masculine noun
142   Old Spanish fuego ˈfweɡo
138   Old Occitan fuec foc: also for hearth and not primarily fire
126   Megleno-Romanian foc
140   Old Catalan foc fɔk fɔk
145   Portuguese: Brazilian fogo
132   Milanese föch fœk
References
  • Ernout, Alfred and Meillet, Antoine: 243
    S.v. Lat. focus, -ī 'foyer (domestique, demeure des dieux Lares, Penates)'.
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm: 292-293
    S.v. 3400 Lat. focus 'Feuer'.
  • de Vaan, Michiel: 228-229
    S.v. Lat. focus 'hearth, fireplace'. The etymology of focus is disputed and there are no straightforward PIE solutions.