« to earn, to win » en sept langues
Sensto earn, to win
Espagnol
/gaˈnaɾ/
autre source · probably Gothic *ganan 'to covet', crossed with the *waidanjan family
Français
/gaɲe/
héréditaire
Italien
/gwadaɲˈɲare/
héréditaire
To win a game is vincere; guadagnare is to earn or gain.
Portugais
/ɡɐˈɲah/
autre source · probably Gothic *ganan 'to covet', crossed with the *waidanjan family
Roumain
/kɨʃtiˈɡa/
autre source · Latin CASTĪGĀRE 'to chastise, correct'
Catalan
/ɡwəˈɲa/
héréditaire
The gu- keeps the Germanic w-, as Italian guadagnare does.
Anglais
/ɝn/
anglais natif · Old English earnian
Borrowed 'gain' (Old French gaaignier) is the shared word.
L’ancêtre
Frankish *waidanjan‘to graze, to hunt for food’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Earning began as foraging: a Germanic verb for finding pasture or game. Italian still shows the w as gu- (guadagnare); French reduced it to plain g-. Spanish ganar is probably from a different Germanic verb that merged with it.
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esGana poco.
- frIl gagne peu.
- itGuadagna poco.
- ptEle ganha pouco.
- roCâștigă puțin.
- caGuanya poc.
- enHe earns little.