barneca

barneca

Latin

Alternative forms

• bernēca, barnāca, bernāca

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *barinākā, Proto-Celtic *barinākos (“barnacle, limpet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /barˈneː.ka/, [bärˈneːkä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /barˈne.ka/, [bärˈnɛːkä]

Noun

barnēca f (genitive barnēcae); first declension[1]

1. (Medieval Latin) barnacle goose
2. (Medieval Latin) barnacle, limpet

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	barnēca	barnēcae
Genitive	barnēcae	barnēcārum
Dative	barnēcae	barnēcīs
Accusative	barnēcam	barnēcās
Ablative	barnēcā	barnēcīs
Vocative	barnēca	barnēcae

Descendants

• Old French: bernaque, barnaque
  • Middle French: barnache
    • French: barnache (dialectal)
  • → Middle English: bernak, bernake, barnake, barnak
• Medieval Latin: barnacula, bernacula
  • Old French: bernacle, barnacle
    • → Middle English: bernacle, barnakell, barnakylle, byrnakill
      • English: barnacle
        • → Spanish: barnacla

References

1. Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “berneca”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 97