Anchovis
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- Anschovis (superseded)
Etymology edit
Borrowed via Dutch ansjovis from Spanish anchovas, anchoas, plural of anchova, anchoa (“anchovy”), which is from Ligurian anciôa, through Vulgar Latin *apiuva from Latin aphyē, Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē, “small fry”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Anchovis f (genitive Anchovis, plural Anchovis)
Usage notes edit
- In colloquial German a new singular die Anchovi may be backformed from the plural.
Declension edit
Declension of Anchovis [feminine]
See also edit
- Sardelle (“anchovy (in general)”)