pioly

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

pyo, pyu (Bressan) pyà, pyou (Fribourgeois) pieu (Old Lyonnais) pyû, pyu (Savoyard) pioû, pieui (Valaisan) piou (Valdôtain)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin peduculus.

Noun

pioly m (plural piolys) (ORB, broad)

1. louse

Derived terms

• piolyox

References

• pou in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• pioly in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 475: “il pidocchio; i pidocchi” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 1067: “pou” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pēdŭcŭlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 148