Reconstruction:Latin/sevandilia

This Latin 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.

Latin

Etymology

Of pre-Roman origin. Perhaps borrowed from a Proto-Basque *seguandelea, metathesis of *suge-andere-a (“female snake”), whence Basque suge-kandera ~ suge-kandela (“small lizard”, Lapurdian and Roncalese dialects).

A purely Latin etymology *serpenticula has also been suggested, but this runs into a number of phonetic impossibilities.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /seβanˈdiʎa/

Noun

*sevandīlia f (plural *sevandīliās) (Proto-Ibero-Romance)

pest

Descendants

Aragonese: sabandilla
Portuguese: sevandilha (archaic), sevandija (crossed with the Spanish word)
Old Spanish: savandija
- Spanish: sabandija, (regional forms:) sarbandija, sarabandija

References

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983) “sabandija”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 105

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