[Andalusi Studies] conillo

[Francisco Marcos Marín]

Lat. cuniculum > kuník’lo / kuníg’lo > koníʎo / konéʎo (Andalusi Romance -and Afro-romanic- forms originating the Andalusi Arabic form, a loanword, with irrelevant value í/é for the tonic vowel).

The Castilian evolution continues with a yeísmo process followed by rehilamiento > konéƷo, unvoicing plus velarization until ModSp konéxo (written conejo).

Of course, you must always pay attention to the pun with the derivation from cunniculum. (Ample bibliography on the subject).

 

Francisco A. Marcos Marín PhD

Professor of Linguistics

http://fmarcosmarin.blogspot.com.es/

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