Reconstruction:Mozarabic/sarvačo

This Mozarabic 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.

Mozarabic

Alternative forms

• *fardačo — crossed with Arabic حرذون (ḥarḏūn)

Etymology

Seemingly borrowed from Byzantine Greek σαυράκιον (saurákion, diminutive based on σαῦρος (saûros)), with metathesis of /vr/ to /rv/.

The distribution of the Catalan derivative sarvatxo is especially concentrated around Albaida and Alcoy, areas which would have experienced considerable Byzantine influence.

Noun

*sarvačo m

1. lizard

Descendants

• → Aragonese: fardacho, alfardacho, gardacho, ardacho, gardacho, agardacho, esfardacho, fardazo, lardacho
  • → Spanish: fardacho
• → Catalan: fardatxo, sarvatxo, fardaix, fardatx

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “fardacho”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 858