Reconstruction:Mozarabic/činče

This Mozarabic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Mozarabic

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cīmicem m.

Noun

*činče f

1. bedbug

Descendants

• → Asturian: chincha
• → Catalan: xinxes (plural) ⇒ xinxa (analogical singular)
  • →? Aragonese: chincha
  • →? Aranese: chincha
  • →? Galician: chincha
  • →? Ladino: chincha
• → Portuguese: chinche (Trasmontano)
• → Spanish: chinche

References

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “chinche”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 362