yunque
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
- ayunque (early modern, now obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Old Spanish yunque, with metathesis from incue, itself from Vulgar Latin *incŭde, from Latin incūdem.[1] The Old Spanish term, like the Latin etymon, was feminine. In the early modern period, a variant ayunque appeared, due to reanalysis with the article (la yunque > el ayunque), producing the complete change in gender observed in the modern form.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
yunque m (plural yunques)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “yunque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014