hirondelle
French
muteh
Definitions
- swallow (bird)
- (printing) alignment mark printed in the margin
- (colloquial) policeman on bicycle or motorcycle
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Occitan irondela derived from Latin hirundō.
Origin
Latin
hirundō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *hirundinella Latin
- *hirundula Latin
- hirundō Latin
- rondine Italian
- aronde Old French
- rândunea Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- andorinna, andorỹa Old Portuguese
- andorỹa Old Portuguese
- alãndurã Aromanian
- golondra Asturian
- irondela Old Occitan
- rennena Neapolitan
- *andorina Old Leonese