nerbio

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

  • niervo

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nervus, either through niervo with metathesis of /j/; or more likely from the by-form nervia n pl or f, with /j/ raising the stressed vowel and blocking its diphthongization.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈneɾβjo/

Noun

nerbio m (plural nerbios)

  1. (anatomy) sinew, tendon
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 63v:
      E. ppħize cuemo me acomendado e fue roydo quant ppħize cuemo tempeſtad. Aplegaronſe los hueſos a hueſos e carne e ſobre ellos nerbios e carne crubio ſobrellos cuero de ſuſo ſp̃u nõ auia en ellos.
      [E prophetizé cuemo me acomendado, e fue roydo quant prophetizé cuemo tempestad. Aplegaron-se los huesos a huesos e carne, e sobre ellos nerbios e carne crubió sobr'ellos, cuero de suso. Spiritu non avía en ellos.]
      And I prophesied as He had commanded me, and when I prophesied there was a noise like a storm. Bones to bones came together, and flesh; and tendons and flesh over them, [and] skin covered them from above. [But] there was no breath in them.

Descendants

  • Spanish: nervio
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