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Sicilian
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vissīnum. Doublet of pissinu.
Noun
bissinu m
- puffball (foul-smelling mushroom)
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
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “bissinu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 541
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vĭssīre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 530