chegar

Forms

chegar n (plural chegare)^[1]

Etymology

It is probably formed from Romanian cheag + -ar, from the word for rennet.^[2][1][3] MDA2 names the base in its variant ⟨cheug⟩.^[2] Wiktionary also mentions Vulgar Latin *clagorium, going back to coagulum (“rennet”) through metathesis and syncope, and compares Albanian kljuar.^[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2's only record is from the answers to Hasdeu's linguistic questionnaire of 1884–1885, where it is a shepherds' word with no closer definition.^[2]

Semantic evolution

CADE records it in Banat and Transylvania, beside chegăreț, chegăreață and chegăriță, as a name of the chegorniță.^[3] Wiktionary defines it as a pail in which milk is curdled, a rare and archaic word.^[1]

Timeline

• 1884–1885 – in the answers to Hasdeu's questionnaire.^[2]

Meanings

Noun

1. (regional, archaic, shepherding) A pail in which milk is curdled with rennet; the same as chegorniță.^[1][3][2]

Related words

• cheag
• închega

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 370
3. ^ a b c Candrea, I.-A.; Adamescu, Gh. (1926–1931), Dicționarul enciclopedic ilustrat „Cartea Românească”, București: Cartea Românească, p. s.v. chegar