virgella
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From virgula + -la (diminutive ending). Attested in the sixth century CE.[1]
Noun edit
virgella f (genitive virgellae); first declension (Late Latin)
- small rod
Descendants edit
- Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: virdzeauã, virdzeao
- Megleno-Romanian: virdzeauă, virdzeau̯ă
- Romanian: vergea
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: virghedda
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Italic:
- Romansch: vardschallas, varschallas, varschellas
- Venetian: verzela ⇒ sverzela
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
References edit
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “virgella”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 502