canastiello

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin canistellum, diminutive of canistrum. Influenced by a perceived derivation from canasto (basket) + -iello.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka.nasˈtje.ʎo]

Noun

canastiello m (plural canastiellos)

  1. wicker basket
    • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 6v. col. 2.
      dixo ſónaua q́ tenẏa / iij. canaſtiellos. blácos ſobre / mẏ cabeça. en el canaſtiello ſu / ſano auẏa del comer de phara / on. E las aues del cielo comien / del canaſtiello ſobre mẏ. cabeça / dixo iosep eſtos tres canaſtiellos / Tres dias só.
      he said: "I dreamt I had three white baskets on my head, and on the uppermost basket was all that which the pharaoh ate, and the birds of the sky ate from the basket upon my head." Joseph said: "These three baskets represent three days […]."

Descendants

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