English
Silbo
Silbo comes from Spanish silbo gomero.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsilbo gomeroliterally ‘Gomeran whistling’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentel silbo
- Englishearliest quotation 2015Silbo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsilbo gomeroliterally ‘Gomeran whistling’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentel silbo
- Englishearliest quotation 2015Silbo
Earliest quotation: 2015, Julien Meyer, Springer: “For a long time, the initiative of teaching Silbo…”
A compound of silbo ‘whistling’ + gomero ‘Gomeran’
Proto-Indo-European *sweysd- ‘to hiss’
Latin sibilus ‘a hissing, whistling’
Spanish silbo ‘whistling’
Every English word from Spanish silbo gomero
Today it means
name A dialect of Spanish, a variant of the Spanish language that is spoken through whistling. This variant originates from La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish silbo gomero / Silbo