barneca

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Latin

Alternative forms

bernēca, barnāca, bernāca

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /barˈneː.ka/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /barˈne.ka/,

Noun

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

(Medieval Latin) barnacle goose
(Medieval Latin) barnacle, limpet

Declension

First-declension noun.

	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
- Old French: bernacle, barnacle
  - → Middle English: bernacle, barnakell, barnakylle, byrnakill
    - English: barnacle
      - → Spanish: barnacla

References

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

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