[tied] Re: Romanian Swadesh list

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 18:04:53 +0000, m_iacomi <m_iacomi@...> wrote:
>
> >"mic" it is debatable if it's directly from Greek or from the
> >unattested VL "*miccus" to be related with Sicilian "nicu" `id.`).
>
> There's a feminine form mi:ca/micca which is widely attested in the

meaning

> "crumb, bit" (mi:ca -> Spa. miga, Fr. mie; micca -> Cat. mica,

Sard. nika).

>
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> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...

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There is also Alb. <mic> (read mits) with the meaning "small,
undergrown, undersized". <Kalë mic> 'a little horse'. Also noun
<micër> 'crumb' and verb <micëroj> 'to crumb, to nibble'. But,
<micak>, zool. Titmouse I believe is diminutive of <mi> 'mouse', like
<frika> 'fear', but <frikacak> 'fearful', etc.

Konushevci