Re: Res: [tied] swallow vs. nighingale

Portuguese andorinha
Is it possibly related to Basque ander- "lady, etc."?
Obviously,not directly since Basque is on the opposite
end of the peninsula --but possibly a word from a
substrate common to Basque
There is some speculation linking Basque ander- to
Celtic --although Trask rejected it
But don't take my word --I'm the least qualified on
the list


--- "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:

> That's right.
>
> How about Spanish golondrina? It seems to be a
> corrupted dissimilation of latin hirundina. But
> could be this corruption influenced by some
> non-Latin substratum or adstratum?
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> Latin hirundo: (hirundin-) > hirundina > expected
> Spanish *herondina > ? > golondrina
> Latin hirundo: (hirundin-) > hirundina > expected
> Portuguese *herondinha >? > andorinha
> Latin hirundo: (hirundin-) > hirundine > expected
> Italian *herondine > Italian rondine
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> ----- Mensagem original ----
> De: Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
> Para: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Enviadas: Sexta-feira, 19 de Outubro de 2007
> 16:02:18
> Assunto: Re: [tied] swallow vs. nighingale
>
> On 2007-10-19 20:50, Rick McCallister wrote:
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> > Swallow aren't known for "yelling", so can the
> roots
> > be related?
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> Neither are nightingales (*naxti-galan-
> 'night-singer' )
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> Piotr
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