lutra

Adjective

 * 1) lutrine

Etymology
From, the feminine noun of. The was likely introduced by analogy of some other word, such as, ,  or. See § descendants notes for information on the Varro for with and the medieval forms.

Noun

 * 1) an otter

Descendant notes

 * The initial consonant oscillates from, to , a very common oscillation in Romance, as  and  are easily rebracketable as the definite and indefinite article respectively. The  was most likely introduced by influence of the 🇨🇬 cognate .  The absence of any initial consonant, found solely in Italo-Romance, could be analisable as crossing with an unattested pre-classical Latin form or of the pre-Roman Italic substrate, as the  is unetymological in Latin (see etymology).
 * The form gets its nasal likely by metathesis and dissimilation of the initial  explained above, presumably through a form.
 * The first vowel is in many Italo-Romance lects fronted to, again most likely under the influence of the 🇨🇬. The form , attested already in , might reflect this.
 * The ending in many lects, and as already attested in Medieval Latin, is altered to, again under the influence of 🇨🇬.
 * The Gallo-Romance form retains its voiceless  under the influence of its 🇨🇬 cognate . Spanish and Aragonese forms also irregularly retain a voiceless, though this is generally explained as influence of Mozarabic or of some southern Italian lect.

Descendants

 * Italo-Romance:
 * Campania:
 * Molise:
 * Apulia:
 * Basilicata:
 * Padanian:
 * Northern Gallo-Romance:
 * Italo-Romance:
 * Tuscan:
 * Central Italian:
 * Padanian:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Italo-Romance:
 * Salerno:
 * Basilicata:
 * Calabrian: ,
 * Padanian:
 * Northern Gallo-Romance:
 * Southern Gallo-Romance:
 * Ribagorçan:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Italo-Romance:
 * Umbria:
 * Sabine:
 * Southern Lazio:
 * Abruzzo:
 * Basilicata:
 * Apulia:
 * Calabrian:
 * Borrowings:
 * Italo-Romance:
 * Salerno:
 * Basilicata:
 * Calabrian: ,
 * Padanian:
 * Northern Gallo-Romance:
 * Southern Gallo-Romance:
 * Ribagorçan:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Italo-Romance:
 * Umbria:
 * Sabine:
 * Southern Lazio:
 * Abruzzo:
 * Basilicata:
 * Apulia:
 * Calabrian:
 * Borrowings:
 * Ribagorçan:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Italo-Romance:
 * Umbria:
 * Sabine:
 * Southern Lazio:
 * Abruzzo:
 * Basilicata:
 * Apulia:
 * Calabrian:
 * Borrowings:
 * Umbria:
 * Sabine:
 * Southern Lazio:
 * Abruzzo:
 * Basilicata:
 * Apulia:
 * Calabrian:
 * Borrowings:
 * Calabrian:
 * Borrowings:

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  otter