< Reconstruction:Mozarabic
Reconstruction:Mozarabic/činče
Mozarabic
Etymology
From Latin cīmicem.
Noun
*činče
- bedbug
Descendants
- → Catalan: xinxes (plural) ⇒ xinxa (analogical singular)
- →? Aragonese: chincha
- →? Aranese: chincha
- →? Galician: chincha
- → Spanish: chinche
- → Portuguese: chinche (Trasmontano)
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “chinche”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 362