migľină

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *niglīna < *nigellīna (compare Romanian neghină), from Late Latin nigella,[1][2] from Latin nigellus (compare French nielle), or from a root *nigrīna, ultimately from niger.

Noun

migľină f

  1. corncockle (Agrostemma githago)

References

  1. ^ https://www.dex.ro/neghina
  2. ^ https://ro.wikisource.org/wiki/Pagin%C4%83:Theodor_Capidan_-_Meglenorom%C3%A2nii,_vol._I_(Istoria_%C8%99i_graiul_lor).pdf/78
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