femea

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• femẽa

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fēmina (“woman, wife, female”), from Proto-Italic *fēmanā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂ (“(f.) one who is sucked; one who suckles”), derivation of the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”).

Cognate with Old Spanish femna.

Adjective

femea

1. female

   Coordinate term: macho

Noun

femea f

1. female

   Coordinate term: macho

Descendants

• Galician: femia, fema, fémea
• Portuguese: fêmeo, fêmea

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “femea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG