Reconstruction:Mozarabic/sarvačo

This Mozarabic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Mozarabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

*sarvačo m

  1. lizard

Descendants

  • → Aragonese: fardacho, alfardacho, gardacho, ardacho, gardacho, agardacho, esfardacho, fardazo, lardacho
    • → Spanish: fardacho
  • → Catalan: fardatxo, sarvatxo, fardaix, fardatx

References

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