bolssa

Old Galician-Portuguese

FWOTD – 17 June 2017

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa (“purse, hide”), from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “skin stripped off a hide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbol.sa/

Noun

bolssa f (plural bolssas)

1. a small bag or purse
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 225 (facsimile):

     A Tan toſte que Saẏda foi.o Crerigo fillou a ⁊ fez logo dela poos ⁊ en ſa bolſſa guardo a

     As soon as it exited, the cleric grabbed it and soon ground it and stored it in his purse.

Descendants

• Galician: bolsa
• Portuguese: bolsa
  • → English: bulse