ghiacciu

Sicilian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin glaciēs. Likely borrowed from Italian ghiaccio judging by its /t͡tʃ/ (cf. native vrazzu < bracchium) and by the fact that in the 1920's it appears to have been limited to the western edge of the island.[1]

Noun

ghiacciu m

  1. ice
    Synonyms: chiatru, jelu

References
  1. AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 381: “il ghiaccio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
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