Re: [tied] Anatolian

On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 19:03:13 +0000, "Daniel J. Milton"
<dmilt1896@...> wrote:

> What is the origin and meaning of the coined name "Arpitan" for
>what's in at least the older linguistic literature as "Franco-Provencal"?
> My question may be answered in of the 890 sites Google finds for
>the term, but not in the first few dozen I checked.

The French Wikipedia page says:

Il s'agit d'un terme créé au XXe siècle par des linguistes,
forgé à partir de la racine arp-, variante locale de alp-,
avec une terminaison calquée sur occitan.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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