vendace

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots vendace,[1] from Middle Scots *vendois, *vendis, from Middle French vendoise, vandoise (“dace”), from Old French vendoise, vandoise,[2] from Late Latin *vindēsia, *vindisia,[3] from Gaulish *windēsyā, from Proto-Celtic *windos (“white”).[4] Compare modern French vandoise (“dace”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛndɪs/, (spelling pronunciation) /ˈvɛndeɪs/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛndɪs

Noun

vendace (plural vendaces or vendace)

  1. Either of two types of whitefish, Coregonus albula and Coregonus vandesius.

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References

  1. ^ Ulf Jacobsson (1965) “Notes on further dialect words in Standard English”, in English Studies, volume 46, numbers 1-6, →DOI, page 133
  2. ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Vendace”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume X, Part 2 (V–Z), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 90, column 3.
  3. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*vĭndĭsia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 14: U–Z, page 471
  4. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 423

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