cesta

From the Latin cista, from the Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of cista.


barattolo

Unknown. Possibly from French baratte (“churn”).


vaso

it-noun

vasétto,vasettìno,vasìno<q:familiar, used in reference to babies>

vaso m (plural vasi, diminutive vasétto or vasettìno or (familiar, used in reference to babies) vasìno, augmentative vasóne, derogatory vasùccio)

vasi (plural)
vasétto (diminutive)
vasettìno (diminutive)
vasìno (diminutive familiar)
vasóne (augmentative)
vasùccio (derogatory)

→ Greek: βάζο (vázo)

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: وازو (vazo)
Turkish: vazo
→ Armenian: վազօ (vazō)

→ Polish: wazon


valigia

→ Albanian: valixhe

→ Ladino: validja

→ Slavomolisano: baliža

→ Spanish: valija

Borrowed from a language of Northern Italy (cf. Venetan valís, Lombard valiza), from Medieval Latin valesia, valixia, from Late Latin valisia, possibly from Gaulish *valisia (“leather bag”), from Proto-Celtic *wal- (“to enclose, surround”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH-. Or, possibly from Arabic وَلِيهَة (walīha, “large bag”).
Related to French valise and Spanish valija, though it is unclear if either term was borrowed from the other.


teca

Borrowed from Latin theca (16th century), from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē). Doublet of the inherited tega.


scodella

From earlier *scotella, from Latin scutella, diminutive of scutra.


scatola

→ Esperanto: skatolo

→ Serbo-Croatian: škàtulja, škàtula

Metathesised form of Early Medieval Latin castula (“basket”), diminutive of a term borrowed from a Germanic language, *kasto, whence also Italian castone, German Kasten. Compare Sicilian scàtulu.


baule

→ Ottoman Turkish: باوول (bavul)

Turkish: bavul

desc

→ Laz: ბაული (bauli), ბავული (bavuli) — Okordule

→ Russian: баул (baul)

Most likely from Latin bāiulāre, ultimately from bāiulus (“one who bears burdens, porter, carrier”). Compare French bahut.


botte

it-noun

botte f (plural botti, diminutive botticèlla or (archaic) botticèllo m or botticìna or (less common) botticìno m)

botti (plural)
botticèlla (diminutive)
botticèllo (archaic diminutive masculine)
botticìna (diminutive)
botticìno (diminutive masculine uncommon)

From Late Latin buttis probably of Ancient Greek origin. Cognate with Sicilian vutti.


bricco

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ابریق (ibrik, ıbrık, “ewer”) (Turkish ibrik), from Arabic إِبْرِيق (ʔibrīq).


brocca

From Vulgar Latin *brocca, from either Ancient Greek πρόχοος (prókhoos, “vessel for water”), or from βροχίς (brokhís, “inkwell”), with influence from broccus. Further a cognate to Albanian prokë.


cofano

From Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Compare Spanish cuévano, Portuguese côvão, French coffre.

(automotive) bonnet (UK, Australia), hood (US) (of a car)


tazza

→ Alemannic German: Tatse

→ Cimbrian: tatza

→ English: tazza

→ Romansch: tazza

una tazza di caffè

una tazza da caffè

una tazza a fiorellini


pacco

Borrowed from Middle Dutch pack (whence modern Dutch pak), from Old Dutch pac, *pakko, from Frankish *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle”).

tirare il pacco a qualcuno


latta

From Germanic loanword ("Latte"), cognate with English lath, Dutch lat, German Latte, French latte and Portuguese lata.


feretro

fè‧re‧tro, (less recommended) fé‧re‧tro, (poetic) fe‧rè‧tro

Learned borrowing from Latin feretrum, from Ancient Greek φέρετρον (phéretron).

catafalque (platform to display or convey a coffin)


posacenere

Verb-object compound, composed of posa (“to put, to lay”) + cenere (“ash”).


portacenere

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + cenere (“ash”).


giara

From Arabic جَرَّة (jarra, “earthen receptacle”).


barrique

barrique (oak barrel of about 200 litre capacity, for storing wine)


secchio

Inherited from Latin situlus. Compare secchia.


barile

→ Old Polish: baryła

Polish: baryła

desc

→ Old Ruthenian: бари́ла (baríla), бари́ло (barílo), барилъ (baril), бары́ло (barýlo)

Ukrainian: бари́ло (barýlo)

Via Late Latin *barillus from Celtic, such as Welsh baril or Gaelic baraill.


otre

From Latin uter, from earlier *udris, from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”).

Venían recando i banditori intanto
Dalle città le sacre ostie di pace,
Due trascelti agnelletti, e della terra
Giocondo frutto generoso vino
Chiuso in otre caprigno. […]

1825, “Libro III [Book 3]”, in Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, page 70, lines 323–327:

Meanwhile the announcers were coming, bringing the sacred peace offerings from the cities: two carefully picked lambs, and generous wine, pleasant harvest of the soil, sealed in a goat wineskin


tino

From Late Latin *tīnum, from Latin tīna (“wine-vessel”). Compare Portuguese and Spanish tina.


stecca

(music) false note, crack, voice crack (on a high note)


canestro

From Latin canistrum, from Ancient Greek κάναστρον (kánastron), κάνιστρον (kánistron). Compare English canister.

Lo vedi sempre con le spalle al sole, / con un canestro di parole nuove / calpestare nuove aiuole

1973, “Il signor Hood”, in Alice non lo sa, performed by Francesco De Gregori:

You always see it with his shoulders to the sun, / with a hamper of new words / trampling new flowerbeds


damigiana

From French dame-jeanne (“demijohn, carboy”).


anfora

From Latin amphora, from Ancient Greek ἀμφορεύς (amphoreús, “vased shaped ornament with a narrow neck”).


paniere

Borrowed from French panier, made up of pane + -iere.


bigoncia

a wooden tub for collecting, then pressing grapes


borraccia

water bottle, canteen (for cyclists, soldiers etc.)


gasometro

gasometri (plural)
gassometro (alternative)
gazometro (alternative)

From gas + -o- + -metro, on the model of French gazomètre or English gasometer.

gasometer, gasholder (large storage container)


gerla

conical wicker basket, with two straps, for carrying goods


giberna

→ French: giberne


staio

it-noun

staio m (plural stai m or staia f or (archaic) staiora f)

stai (masculine plural)
staia (feminine plural)
staiora (archaic feminine plural)

Clipping of sestaio, sestario, from Latin sextārius.


fiscella

desc

→ Maltese: bixkilla, bexkilla (dialectal)

fuscella

made of plastic material suitable for food use

a conical wicker basket used to drain fresh ricotta


ziro

(regional) an earthenware, jug, painted inside, used to store oil etc.


turcasso

turcassi (plural)
carcasso (alternative obsolete)

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek ταρκάσιον (tarkásion), from Arabic تَرْكَاش (tarkāš), from Persian ترکش (tarkaš), earlier تیرکش (tirkaš), derived from تیر (tir, “arrow”) + کش (kaš, “container”); modified by influence of turco (“Turkish”).


ariballo

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀρύβαλλος (arúballos).


utello

Probably from Arabic أُثَال (ʔuṯāl). Compare aludella.

a glazed earthenware jar used to keep oil


aludella

From Spanish aludel, from Arabic الأُثَال (al-ʔuṯāl, “the sublimation vessel”).


bariglione

a large barrel used to preserve pickled fish


cavagno

From Vulgar Latin *cavaneus, ultimately from Latin cavus (“hollow”). Cognate with Sicilian cavagnu.


schiscetta

Western Lombard, from
From schiscià (“to crush”) + -etta (diminutive suffix), in reference to its flat shape. By surface analysis, schiacciare + -etta.

surf

(northern Italy, especially Lombardy) a container for the transport and consumption of food; a hamper; a mess tin


bergolo

gabion of wicker, usually filled with pebbles in order to consolidate a riverbank


mescitoio

(historical) a jug, made out of silver or ceramic, used to pour water