vieira
Galician
[biˈejɾɐ]
noun
Definitions
- great scallop, St James shell (Pecten Maximus)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese *vẽeyra inherited from Latin conchula (little shell, small mollusk), Venus.
Origin
Latin
Venus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Venus English
- Vieira English
- *concla Latin
- Venerivagus Latin
- Venus Latin
- concha Latin
- conchula Latin
- Venus German
- Venere Italian
- concola Italian
- Vénus French
- coquille French
- vénérien French
- concha Spanish, Castilian
- concho Spanish, Castilian
- vieira Spanish, Castilian
- κόγχη Ancient Greek
- Venus Middle English
- venus Middle English
- Venus Icelandic
- ונוס Hebrew (modern)
- *vẽeyra Old Portuguese
- 베누스 Korean
- *wenos Proto-Italic
- vongola Neapolitan