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 22 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
140   Catalan foc fɔk fɔk
135   French feu fø fø
127   Italian fuoco ˈfwɔːko ˈfwɔko
129   Ladin fuech ˈfue̯k
143   Portuguese fogo ˈfoɡu ˈfoɡu
132   Sardinian: Logudoro focu ˈfoːɣu ˈfoːɣu
142   Spanish fuego ˈfweɣo ˈfweɡo
136   Walloon feû føː føː
128   Friulian fûc ˈfuːk ˈfuːk Deriv. fogon.
123   Romanian foc fok fok
125   Dalmatian: Vegliote fuk fuk
126   Neapolitan fuoco ˈfwokə ˈfwokə
131   Sardinian: Nuoro focu ˈfoːɣu ˈfoːɣu
133   Old French feu
134   Anglo-Norman feu
138   Franco-Provençal foua ˈfwa ˈfua masculine noun
141   Old Spanish fuego ˈfweɡo
137   Old Occitan fuec foc: also for hearth and not primarily fire
124   Megleno-Romanian foc
139   Old Catalan foc fɔk fɔk
144   Portuguese: Brazilian fogo
130   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.