From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 20837
Date: 2003-04-07
> Daniel J. Milton wrote:It's a classical Greek word meaning 'the ruffling or ripple
>> My Buck's "Synonyms" has:
>> Rum. 'fricã' fr. Grk. 'phrike' "shivering, shuddering",
>> esp. with fear. 'Phrisso' "be rough, bristle up, ripple,
>> shiver."
> The question is , what speaks for the word "phrike" that
> this one is a New Greek word and not a borrowed one from
> Albanian or Romanian? Which are the arguments for being
> indeed a Greek word?