Re: Res: [tied] Etymology of Rome

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:

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> In "standard" Latin, *srouma > *fru:ma. Maybe Latin flumen "river"

should be *fru:men, shifting after contamination of fluvius (<bHleu-
)...

> Curiously, in this case Rome would be almost synonym of my city, Rio

de Janeiro "January River".

As well as with my birth city, Prishtina, probably from attested forms
Prestina, Prestamen, due to -eCC- > -iCC-. So, ultimately from Latin
presto 'quick'.

>
> Joao SL

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