This article proposes a new etymology for stròvele and variants, an adjective which first appears in Iacopone da Todi and is still in use in Umbria and Eastern Tuscany with the meanings ‘cantankerous’ and ‘strange’. After reviewing previous unsatisfactory etymologies, the author shows that the word is used as a personal name at least a century before Iacopone, in an area which belonged to the ancient Duchy of Spoleto. This suggests that it might be a loanword from the Langobardic language.

Per l’etimo dello stròvele iacoponico / Parenti, Alessandro. - In: ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR ROMANISCHE PHILOLOGIE. - ISSN 0049-8661. - STAMPA. - 131:3(2015), pp. 754-776. [DOI 10.1515/zrp-2015-0050]

Per l’etimo dello stròvele iacoponico

Parenti, Alessandro
2015-01-01

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This article proposes a new etymology for stròvele and variants, an adjective which first appears in Iacopone da Todi and is still in use in Umbria and Eastern Tuscany with the meanings ‘cantankerous’ and ‘strange’. After reviewing previous unsatisfactory etymologies, the author shows that the word is used as a personal name at least a century before Iacopone, in an area which belonged to the ancient Duchy of Spoleto. This suggests that it might be a loanword from the Langobardic language.
2015
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Parenti, Alessandro
Per l’etimo dello stròvele iacoponico / Parenti, Alessandro. - In: ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR ROMANISCHE PHILOLOGIE. - ISSN 0049-8661. - STAMPA. - 131:3(2015), pp. 754-776. [DOI 10.1515/zrp-2015-0050]
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