çisme
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Old Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]çisme f (plural çismes)
- bedbug
- ca. 1320, Juan Manuel, Libro del cavallero et del escudero:
- los piojos las pulgas et las çismes et las formigas et sus semejantes[1]
- lice, fleas, bedbugs, ants, and the like
Descendants
[edit]- Spanish: chisme
References
[edit]- ^ Compton, James Donald. 1965. A linguistic study of the Libro del cavallero et del escudero of Don Juan Manuel in manuscript 6376 of the National Library of Madrid, Spain. Thesis, University of Wisconsin. Page 80.