Reconstruction:Mozarabic/sarvačo
Mozarabic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Seemingly borrowed from Byzantine Greek σαυράκιον (saurákion, diminutive based on σαῦρος (saûros)), with metathesis of /vr/ to /rv/.
The distribution of the Catalan derivative sarvatxo is especially concentrated around Albaida and Alcoy, areas which would have experienced considerable Byzantine influence.
Noun edit
*sarvačo m
Descendants edit
- → Aragonese: fardacho, alfardacho, gardacho, ardacho, gardacho, agardacho, esfardacho, fardazo, lardacho
- → Spanish: fardacho
- → Catalan: fardatxo, sarvatxo; fardaix, fardatx
References edit
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “fardacho”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 858