barneca

Latin

Alternative forms
  • bernēca, barnāca, bernāca

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *barinākā, Proto-Celtic *barinākos (“barnacle, limpet”).

Pronunciation

Noun

barnēca f (genitive barnēcae); first declension[1]

  1. (Medieval Latin) barnacle goose
  2. (Medieval Latin) barnacle, limpet

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative barnēca barnēcae
Genitive barnēcae barnēcārum
Dative barnēcae barnēcīs
Accusative barnēcam barnēcās
Ablative barnēcā barnēcīs
Vocative barnēca barnēcae

Descendants
  • Old French: bernaque, barnaque
    • Middle French: barnache
      • French: barnache (dialectal)
    • → Middle English: bernak, bernake, barnake, barnak
  • Medieval Latin: barnacula, bernacula

References
  1. Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “berneca”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 97
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