cĩisa

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Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *cinisia, from Latin cinis, from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“dust, ashes”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡sĩ.ˈi.za/

Noun

cĩisa f (plural cĩisas)

ash, ashes
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 95 (facsimile):
  Aquel ſantome […] nunca carne comia nen pan nen bocado / ſe non q[ua]ndo con cĩjſa Era Meſturado
  That holy man never ate a mouthful of meat nor bread / except when it was mixed with ashes

Descendants

Galician: cinza, cinsa
Portuguese: cinza

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ceniza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cinza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

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