rexelo

Galician

Alternative forms

• reixelo, roxelo

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *riskillos, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk- (“fresh”); but probably from Late Latin *rescellus, a diminutive of res, "thing", but which has come to mean "head of cattle" in western Iberia Romance languages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈʃɛlo̝/

Noun

rexelo m (plural rexelos)

1. kid, lamb
2. sheep or goat

   Synonyms: añagoto, año, cordeiro

   • 1291, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Transcrición íntegra dos documentos, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 78:

     cen carros de pan entre trigo et centeo et vi armentios et iiii bois et ii uacas et La roxellos entre cabras et ouellas

     a hundred carts of grain, wheat and rye; and 6 cattle, 4 oxen and 2 cows; and 50 kids, sheep and goats

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “reixelo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rexel”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• "rexelo" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rexelo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rexelo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “roxelo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN