Peneiras and other domestic toolsPeneira Etymology 1
13th century. From Vulgar Latin * pinnaria , from Latin pinna ( “ feather ” ) .[1] Note that medieval Galician pena meant "pelt". Cognate with Portuguese peneira and Asturian peñera .
Noun
peneira f (plural peneiras )
sieve usually used to sift flour
1402 , A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Historica , I, 5, page 342 :It. hua peneyra vella Item, an old sieve
1459 , Anselmo López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios (Séculos XIV-XV) , doc. D40a:
Hun saco cheo de farina triiga, tres peneyras , hun restrello, dous odres A sack full of wheat flour, three sieves , a heap of chestnuts, two goatskins
Synonyms: criba , baruto , bortel , xirgo
abalone , ear shell
Synonym: orella de mar
References
Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006 –2022 ) “peneyra ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006 –2018 ) “peneyr ”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “peneira ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [ Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003 –2018 ), “peneira ”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014 –2024 ), “peneira ”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega , →ISSN
Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega . Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN , s.v. peneira .