burdo
Meaning
mule; hinny (offspring of a jackass and a mare or of a stallion and a jenny)
Concepts
Synonyms
hinnus
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈbʊr.doː]
Etymology
Not natively Latin since an initial v would be expected; probably of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *burdus (“mule”), according to Whatmough, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥dus, *gʷrd-o- (“slow, heavy, tired”).
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