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SAMPLE ETYMOLOGICAL LEXICON

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As a direct descent of regional spoken Latin, the Venetian lexicon derives its vocabulary substantially from Latin and (in more recent times) from Tuscan, so that most of its words are cognate with the corresponding words of Italian. Venetian includes however many words derived from other sources (such as Greek, Gothic, and German) that are not cognate with their equivalent words in Italian, such as:

Venetian English Italian Venetian word Origin
uncò, 'ncò, incò, anco, ancuo today oggi hunc + hodie (Latin)
apoteca pharmacy farmacia Apotheke (German)
trincàr to drink bere trinken (German)
becàr to be spicy hot essere piccante from the verb beccare (Italian), literally "to peck"
armelin apricot albicocca from armenia
bisato, bisata eel anguilla Latin bestia ("beast"); cfr. biscia (a kind of snake)
bisa, biso snake serpente Latin bestia ("beast"); cfr. biscia (a kind of snake)
bìsi peas piselli Related to Italian word.
isarda, risardola lizard lucertola same etymon as lizard
trar via to throw tirare local cognate of It. tirare via
calìgo fog nebbia from caligo (Latin)
cantón corner/side angolo/parte from cantus (Latin)
catàr find+take trovare+prendere from adcaptare (Latin)
caréga, trón chair sedia cathedra, thronus (Latin) from (Greek)
petar sò to fall cascare from casus of cadere (Latin) made into a verb
ciao hello, goodbye ciao s-ciao (Venetian for slave); sclavus (vulgar Latin)
ciapàr to catch, to take prendere capere (Latin)
co when (non-interr.) quando cum (Latin) or possibly ko (slovene), the etymon being ked,kad from old slovene
copàr to kill uccidere accoppare (old Italian, literally "to behead")
carpeta skirt mini gonna mini like carpet
còtola, còtola skirt sottana cotta (Latin, coat or dress)
fanela t-shirt maglietta underwear greek word
gòto, bicer drinking glass bicchiere gut(t)us (Latin for "cruet")
insìa exit uscita in + exita (Latin)
mi I io me (Latin)
morsegàr, smorsegàr to bite mordere morsus (Latin "bitten") made into a verb (cf. Italian morsicare)
mustaci mustaches baffi moustaki (Greek)
munìn, gato , gatin cat gatto perhaps from "meow" sound
meda big sheaf grosso covone from messe mietere sounds like meadow oe moed harvest
musso donkey asino ?
nòtola,notol, barbastrìo, signàpola bat pipistrello from not notte night
pantegàna rat ratto podgana (slovene) ponticanus from ponto black see
pinciar beat, cheat, sexual intercourse imbrogliare, superare in gara, amplesso pinch from fr pincer put in st
pirón fork forchetta from Greek pirouni
pisalet dandelion tarassaco pissinbed diuretic
plao far truant marinare scuola from deutsch blauen
pomo/pón apple mela pomus (Latin)
schei money denaro soldi from deutsch schei-munze
saltapaiusk grasshopper cavalletta salta hop paiusk paglia grass
sghiràt squirrel scoiattolo Related to Italian word. More probably from the Greek "skiouros"
sgnapa spirit from grapes, brandy grappa acquavite Schnaps (German)
sgorlàr, scorlàr to shake scuotere ex + crollare (Latin)
supiàr, subiàr, sficiàr to whistle fischiare sub + flare (Latin)
tòr su to pick up raccogliere tollere (Latin)
técia, tegia pan pentola tecula (Latin)
tosàto, tosàt, buteleto , fio lad, boy ragazzo from tosare (Italian, "to cut someone's hair")
puto, putèlo, puteleto , putèo lad, boy ragazzo puer, putus (Latin)
matelot lad, boy ragazzo perhaps from matelot (French, "sailor")
vaca cow mucca, vacca vacca (Latin)
sc-iopa, sc-iopòn gun fucile-scoppiare from lat scloppum onomat


 
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