Re: [tied] Slavic hawk-word

On Fri, 2 Nov 2001 15:23:34 -0200, "João S. Lopes Filho"
<jodan99@...> wrote:

>No, he rejects explanation of açor/azor < astur or accipiter

>From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <mcv@...>
>
>> On Fri, 2 Nov 2001 14:18:15 -0200, "João S. Lopes Filho"
>> <jodan99@...> wrote:
>>
>> >You're right. According to Antenor Nascentes' Etymological Dictionary
>:açor,
>> >do Latim acceptore, *ac'ptor, *açtor. "Meyer-Lübke rejects Latin accipter
>> >and astur.
>>
>> Do you mean he rejects a connection between <accipiter> and <astur>?

açor/azor < acceptore (< accipiter) seems beyond any doubt, given
Cast. <cetrero>, <acetrero> (1386) (from *acetorero) "someone who
raises and trains hawks/falcons" from *acetor, a by-form of <açor>,
which can't be from anything but *ACCEPTORE.