Sausage with a name derived from the Italian for "onion” (9)
I believe the answer is:
chipolata
'sausage' is the definition.
(I know that Chipolata is a type of sausage)
'a name derived from the italian for onion' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is within the answer.
'name' could be 'hi' and 'hi' is found in the answer.
'from' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is present in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chipolata that I've seen before include "banger" , "Small thin sausage" , "Type of sausage" , "Party snack" .)