noun · feminine
sevandīlia
*sevandīlia f (plural *sevandīliās)
Meaning
- Proto Ibero Romancereconstructionpest
Origins
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 too many phonetic difficulties to take seriously.
Descendants
- Portuguesesevandilha
- Portuguesesevandija
- Spanishsabandijafrom Old Spanish savandija
- Spanishsarbandijafrom Old Spanish savandija
- Spanishsarabandijafrom Old Spanish savandija
- Aragonesesabandilla