çanaforia

Old Leonese

Etymology

Metathesis of Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (*safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya), from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη ἀγρία (staphulínē agría, “wild carrot”).Found in a document in Spanish with heavy Leonese influence dating to the 15th century.[1]

Noun

çanaforia f

  1. carrot
    Synonym: aceñoria

References

  1. ^ María de las Nieves Sánchez González de Herrero, Manuscritos medievales asturiano-leoneses no literarios (from the University of Salamanca) in Lletres Asturianes nº100 (2009) Pgs.45-62
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