vinino

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Derived from Latin venēnum, though it is not clear how. The /ˈi/ is straightforwardly accounted for by the late 'vulgar' variant venīnum; cf. Old Spanish venino. In the unexpected survival of intervocalic /n/ (let alone twice), some or even all of the following factors may have been involved:

• Partial degree of blending or compromise with the literary Latin form venēnum.
• A rejection of the expected *v(ẽ)inho due to impending homophony with vinho (“wine”).
• Influence from neighbouring Ibero-Romance varieties that regularly retain /-n-/; cf. especially the Old Spanish variant vinino.

Its modern counterparts, Galician veleno and Portuguese veneno, appear to have been borrowed anew from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βiˈnino/

Noun

vinino m (plural vininos) (Galicia)

1. poison, venom, noxious liquid
2. (by extension) pus
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 119:

     ffazese nas costas do Cauallo hũa door que faz jnchaço grande et geerase daquel jnchaço carnes podres, et esto ven da sella que he maa ou do gran carrego que o preme moito, et aas vezes dura moito este jnchaço, fazese ende hũa peça de carne poçoenta que chega aos osos et sal vinino ou agooa.

     An ache that produces a large swelling appears on the flanks of the horse and necrotic tissue spreads from it. This [condition] results from a poor-quality saddle or an excessive load weighing down on [the horse]. Sometimes it goes on for a considerable time, resulting in a mass of necrotic tissue that reaches down to the bones and from which pus or water comes out.

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vinino”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βiˈnino/

Noun

vinino m (plural vininos)

1. Alternative form of venino

References

• Llera, Víctor Fernández. 1929. Gramática y vocabulario del Fuero Juzgo. Madrid: REA. Page 282.