Re: Crows and Garlands

>Does Romanian have any trace of Latin corvus 'crow'
>(cf. French corbeau, from Proto-Romance
>*corbellus) or corni:cem (acc.) 'raven', or corni:cula
>'little crow'?
>
> Richard.

It has: corb (un corb, doi corbi) "raven".

Diminutival variants: corbiSor, corbuletz;
adj. corbíu, corbíe, corbíi "as black as
a raven's feather; pitchblack".

Toponyms: Corbeanca; anthroponyms: Corbu,
Corbutz, Corbea, Corboiu.

Proverb: Corb la corb nu scoate ochii - Crows
will not pick out crows' eyes.

George