canivete

Etymology

15th century. Borrowed from Old French cnivet (“little knife”), from Proto-Germanic *knībaz (“knife”),^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gneybʰ- (“to pinch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaniˈβete̝/

Noun

canivete m (plural canivetes)

1. knife, penknife
   • 1438, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 172:

     e hus canibetes novos

     and some new knives

References

• “canibete” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “canivete” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “canivete” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From to Old French canivet (“little knife”), from Frankish *knif (“knife”), from Proto-Germanic *knībaz (“knife”), from *knīpanan 'to pinch', from Proto-Indo-European *gneibh. Compare French canif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ni.ˈvɛ.te/, /ˌkɐ.ni.ˈvɛ.te/

Noun

canivete m (plural canivetes)

1. pocketknife, penknife