rexelo

Galician

Alternative forms
  • reixelo, roxelo

Etymology

Unknown. Attested as rexello already in the 10th century. Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *riskillos, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk- (“fresh”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /reˈʃɛlo̝/

Noun

rexelo m (plural rexelos)

  1. kid, lamb
  2. sheep or goat
    • 1291, E. Cal Pardo (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Transcrición íntegra dos documentos. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 78:
      cen carros de pan entre trigo et centeo et vi armentios et iiii bois et ii uacas et La roxellos entre cabras et ouellas
      a hundred carts of grain, wheat and rye; and 6 cattle, 4 oxen and 2 cows; and 50 kids, sheep and goats
    Synonyms: añagoto, año, cordeiro

References
  • “reixelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “rexel” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • "rexelo" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
  • “rexelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “rexelo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “roxelo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. frajenco.
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