pielar

Forms

pielar m (plural pielari)^[1]

Etymology

DEX, MDA2, the DLR and Tiktin take it as a formation from Romanian piele + -ar, “one who works hides”.^[2][3][4][5] Candrea–Densusianu and Șăineanu derive it from Latin pellārius (“furrier”), and the REW lists it under that word but allows a new formation.^[6][7][8][1] The Latin noun, formed on pellis (“skin”), is a rare late word, found in an inscription and in Firmicus.^[9][10] Its Romance descendants include Occitan pelier, Catalan peller, Portuguese peleiro and Italian pellaio.^{[8][11][6][1]}

Earliest recorded meaning

Tiktin's first record is Mardarie's Slavonic–Romanian lexicon of 1649.^[5] MDA2 and the DLR start from Budai-Deleanu's Romanian–German lexicon (1818), with the sense of a craftsman or dealer in hides.^[3][4]

Semantic evolution

The word names both the craftsman who prepares hides and makes leather goods and the merchant who sells them; the two senses are recorded together from the first dictionaries on.^[4][3] The trade sense is now dated, and the near synonyms are tăbăcar “tanner”, curelar and blănar.^[12][3] Candrea and Densusianu add the derivative pielărie “leather trade, leather goods”.^[6]

Timeline

• 1649 – pielar in Mardarie's lexicon.^[5]
• 1818 – pielar in Budai-Deleanu's lexicon.^[3][4]

Meanings

Noun

1. a craftsman who tans and works hides and makes leather goods; tanner, currier.^[2][3][1]
2. (dated) a dealer in hides or leather goods.^[2][12][1]

Word family

• pielărie

Related words

• piele
• Latin pellārius

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 815
3. ^ a b c d e f Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 372
4. ^ a b c d Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. pielar
5. ^ a b c Tiktin, Hariton (2000–2005), Rumänisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., revised by Paul Miron and Elsa Lüder, 3 vols., Cluj-Napoca: Clusium, p. s.v. pielar
6. ^ a b c Candrea, I.-A.; Densusianu, Ov. (1907–1914), Dicționarul etimologic al limbii române: elementele latine (A–Putea), București
7. ^ Șăineanu, Lazăr (1929), Dicționar universal al limbei române, 6th ed., Craiova: Scrisul Românesc, p. 480
8. ^ a b Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1935), Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., Heidelberg: Winter, p. 6373
9. ^ Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
10. ^ Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
11. ^ Nocentini, Alberto; Parenti, Alessandro (2010), l'Etimologico: vocabolario della lingua italiana, Firenze: Le Monnier
12. ^ a b Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. pielar