Nêr

yunque

(Îngilîzî)

anvil

Pircarînî

45k
Bi hîfenê ve hatîye girêdan wek
yun‧que
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈʝunke/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish yunque, with metathesis from incue, itself from Vulgar Latin *incŭde, from Latin incūdem. The Old Spanish term, like the Latin etymon, was feminine. In the early modern period, a variant ayunque appeared, due to reanalysis with the article (la yunque > el ayunque), producing the complete change in gender observed in the modern form.

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