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rexelo

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *riskillos, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk- (fresh);[1] but probably from Late Latin *rescellus, a diminutive of res, "thing", but which has come to mean "head of cattle" in western Iberia Romance languages.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rexelo m (plural rexelos)

  1. kid, lamb
  2. sheep or goat
    Synonyms: añagoto, año, cordeiro
    • 1291, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Transcrición íntegra dos documentos, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 78:
      cen carros de pan entre trigo et centeo et vi armentios et iiii bois et ii uacas et La roxellos entre cabras et ouellas
      a hundred carts of grain, wheat and rye; and 6 cattle, 4 oxen and 2 cows; and 50 kids, sheep and goats

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “frajenco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos