ghiacciu
Sicilian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Latin glaciēs. Likely borrowed from Italian ghiaccio judging by its /t͡tʃ/ (cf. native vrazzu < bracchium) and by the fact that in the 1920's it appears to have been limited to the western edge of the island.[1]
Noun
[edit]ghiacciu m
References
[edit]- ^ AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 381: “il ghiaccio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it