canastiello

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin canistellum, diminutive of canistrum. Influenced by a perceived derivation from canasto (“basket”) +‎ -iello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanasˈtjeʎo/

Noun

canastiello m (plural canastiellos)

1. wicker basket
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 6v. col. 2.

     dixo ſõnaua q̃ tenẏa / .iij. canaſtiellos. blãcos ſobre / mẏ cabeça. en el canaſtiello ſu / ſano auẏa del comer de phara / on. E las aues del cielo comien / del canaſtiello ſobre mẏ. cabeça / dixo iosep eſtos tres canaſtiellos / Tres dias sõ.

     he said: "I dreamt I had three white baskets on my head, and on the uppermost basket was all that which the pharaoh ate, and the birds of the sky ate from the basket upon my head." Joseph said: "These three baskets represent three days […]."

Related terms

• canasto

Descendants

• Spanish: canastillo
  • → English: canistel (from a dialectal variant)