gremeddicu

== Sardinian == === Alternative forms === ameddigu, meddighe (Logudorese) ghermeddiche, cremeddicu, cremeddiche (Nuorese) === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *gemellicum, from Latin gemellus. Variants ending in /e/ presumably influenced by frade (“brother”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡreˈmeɖɖiku/ === Noun === gremeddicu m (plural gremeddicos) (Nuorese) twin === References === AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 15: “i gemelli” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), “gemello”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “gameḍḍare”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg