barneca

Latin

Alternative forms

  • berneca, barnaca, bernaca

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbar.ne.ka/, [ˈbar.nɛ.ka]

Noun

barneca f (genitive barnecae); first declension[1]

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

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative barneca barnecae
genitive barnecae barnecārum
dative barnecae barnecīs
accusative barnecam barnecās
ablative barnecā barnecīs
vocative barneca barnecae

Descendants

  • Old French: bernaque, barnaque
    • Middle French: barnache
      • French: barnache (dialectal)
    • → Middle English: bernak, bernake, barnake, barnak
  • Medieval Latin: barnacula, bernacula

References

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