punno

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

  • Inherited from Latin pugnus, from Proto-Italic *pugnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-.

    Noun

    punno m (plural punnos)

    1. fist (clenched hand)
      • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: CSIC, page 117:
        Ferragudo desque a perdeu coudou a matar Rrulan, et çarrou o puño et doulle cõ el ẽna cabeça do caualo et matoullo.
        Ferragut, as soon as he lost it, decided to kill Roland; and he closed his fist and struck it on the horse's head, killing it

    Descendants

    • Galician: puño
    • Portuguese: punho

    References

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