virgella

virgella

Latin

Etymology

From virgula +‎ -la (diminutive ending). Attested in the sixth century CE.[1]

Noun

virgella f (genitive virgellae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) small rod

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: virdzeauã, virdzeao
  • Megleno-Romanian: virdzeauă, virdzeau̯ă
  • Romanian: vergea
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: vergella, vergello

    Arcevia: verzella

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: virghedda
• North Italian:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Emilian: verzela
      • → Italian: verzella
    • Ligurian: verzella
    • Lombard: varzella
    • Piedmontese: verzela
  • Romansch: vardschallas, varschallas, varschellas
  • Venetian: verzela ⇒ sverzela
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: vergele, vergelle
    • Angevin: verdelle, verzelle
    • Middle French: vergelle
    • Poitevin-Saintongeais: vredelle, verdelle
    • Walloon: verdjale
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: vergella
  • Occitan: varzella (Auvergnat)

References

1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “virgella”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 14: U–Z, page 502