Mozarabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic سِيد (sīd, prince, lord) +‎ Latin -ellus (diminutive ending). Corresponds to Old Spanish Cidello (also found as Cidiello), the sobriquet of Yosef ibn Ferrusiel.[1]

Proper noun edit

סדילה (sdylhm

  1. (a nickname; literally 'little prince')
    • c. 1100, Kharja H3, section 1:
      דש כנד מו סדילה בניד
      dš knd mw sdylh bnyd
      Ever since my Cidello has been coming
      (literally, “Since when my Cidello comes”)

References edit

  1. ^ Stern, Samuel Miklos. 1953. Les chansons mozarabes. Palermo. Reprinted Oxford 1964. Page 3.