penell

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pennellus, masculinized diminutive of penna (“feather, wing”). The failure of Latin /nn/ to yield the expected */ɲ/ in Catalan may be due to palatal dissimilation from the following /ʎ/ < /ll/.

Pronunciation

Noun

penell m (plural penells)

  1. weather vane

References
  • “penell” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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