virgella

Latin

Etymology

From virgula +‎ -la (diminutive ending). Attested in the sixth century CE.[1]

Noun

virgella f (genitive virgellae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. small rod

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: virdzeauã, virdzeao (virdzeauo)
    • Megleno-Romanian: virdzeauă, virdzeau̯ă
    • Romanian: vergea
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: virghedda
  • North Italian:
    • Gallo-Italic:
      • Emilian: verzela
        • → Italian: verzella
      • Ligurian: verzella
      • Lombard: varzella
      • Piedmontese: verzela
    • Romansch: vardschallas, varschallas, varschellas
    • Venetan: verzela ⇒ sverzela
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French: vergele, vergelle
      • Angevin: verdelle, verzelle
      • Middle French: vergelle
      • Poitevin-Saintongeais: vredelle, verdelle
      • Walloon: verdjale
  • Occitano-Romance:
    • Catalan: vergella
    • Occitan: varzella (Auvergnat)

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “virgella”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 14: U–Z, page 502
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