bacallau

Galician

Etymology

From Dutch bakaliaw, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Latin baculum (“stick, staff”), referring to the way cod were split and dried on wooden sticks. Compare Portuguese bacalhau and Spanish bacalao.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bakaˈʎaʊ̯]

Noun

bacallau m (plural bacallaus)

  1. a cod, fish of the family Gadidae
  2. Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua

References
  • “bacallau” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “bacallau” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “bacallau” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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