Reconstruction:Latin/vissina

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Alternative forms

• *vissīnum m

Etymology

From vissīre (“to pass wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βɪsˈsina/

Noun

*vissīna f (Proto-Romance)

1. a silent passing of wind
2. a puffball (foul-smelling mushroom)

Derived terms

• *vissīnāre

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: bishinã
  • Megleno-Romanian: bișǫnă
  • Romanian: bășină
• Italo-Romance:
  • Neapolitan: vissina
  • Sicilian: bissinu; pissinu
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: pìssina; fungupìssinu
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: veixina
  • Gascon: vechie
  • Occitan: vessino
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: bixín
  • Spanish: bejín

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “bejín”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 555
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vĭssīre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 530