fornal
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Either from an earlier *fornau, from Latin fornax (“furnace”), or from Vulgar Latin *furnale, from furnus (“oven”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fornal m (plural fornals)
Further reading edit
- “fornal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Polish fornal, further etymology uncertain. Per Brückner, from German Vornagel,[1] favored by Sławski, rejected by Bańkowski, who instead derives it from hypothetical German *vorn-eil-er.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fornal m pers
- (agriculture, historical) farmhand tending the horses
Declension edit
Declension of fornal
Noun edit
fornal m inan
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Declension of fornal
Derived terms edit
adjective
noun
References edit
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “fornal”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna