berrón

Old Leonese

Etymology

Derived from Latin verrēs (“boar”). Found in a document in Spanish with heavy Leonese influence dating to the 15th century.[1]

Noun

berrón m

  1. male pig
    • 1480, Tractatus de proprietatibus rerum (Leonese-influenced Spanish):
      del puerco [...] algunos son de casa, algunos monteses. Y a los machos llámanles berrones
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • Asturian: verrón, berrón
  • Leonese: berrón
  • Mirandese: berron

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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