verga
Italian (Fiorentino)
/ˈver.ɡa/
noun
Definitions
- cane, rod
- crook of a shepherd
- (vulgar) penis, dick
Etymology
Inherited from Latin virga (twig, stick, rod, shoot, slender green branch, rod stick, switch, staff, branch) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wisgā (flexible rod stick).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wisgā
Gloss
flexible rod stick
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- verge staff English
- virga English
- virga Latin
- virgator Latin
- virgetum Latin
- virgula Latin
- vergabile Italian
- vergare Italian
- vergheggiare Italian
- verge French
- vergette French
- verga Spanish, Castilian
- verja Spanish, Castilian
- *wisgeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *wisgā Proto-Indo-European
- verga Portuguese
- verge Old French
- vergo Esperanto
- verga Galician
- vargă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vèrgue Norman
- verge Middle French
- veargã Aromanian
- *wizgā Proto-Italic
- virga Istriot
- virga Interlingua