nerbio

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• niervo

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nervus, either through niervo with metathesis of /j/; or more likely from the by-form nervia n pl or f, with /j/ raising the stressed vowel and blocking its diphthongization.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneɾβjo/

Noun

nerbio m (plural nerbios)

1. (anatomy) sinew, tendon
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 63v:

     E. ppħize cuemo me acomendado e fue roydo quant ppħize cuemo tempeſtad. Aplegaronſe los hueſos a hueſos e carne e ſobre ellos nerbios e carne crubio ſobrellos cuero de ſuſo ſp̃u nõ auia en ellos.

     And I prophesied as He had commanded me, and when I prophesied there was a noise like a storm. Bones to bones came together, and flesh; and tendons and flesh over them, [and] skin covered them from above. [But] there was no breath in them.

Descendants

• Spanish: nervio