ferruño

Old Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ferrūginem. Found in a document in Spanish with heavy Leonese influence dating to the 15th century.[1]

Noun

ferruño m

  1. iron rust
    • 1480, Tractatus de proprietatibus rerum (Leonese-influenced Spanish):
      Y por essa mesma manera se faze el arambre verde, de vapor fuerte del vinagre; fendiente los pedaços del arambre por el vinagre seco, rompe la sobrefaz del arambre y conviértese en ferruño y dende sácasse el color verde y aprovecha a la carne muerta para la corromper
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • Asturian: ferruñu
  • Leonese: ferruñu, furruñu

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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