Re: [tied] Re: Zvarluga

g wrote:

>> My guess is that the word is onomatopoeic (from "zvâr", word
>> which imitates the noise of a thrown object -- consequently,
>> a fast-moving object; from the same root one has "(a)zvârli"
>> `to throw (with fast movements)`.
>
> Thanx for adding this aspect, which reflects the primordial
> sense (interpretation). I forgot to do myself.
>
> So, we have onom. zvrrr and zbrrr.
>
>> Marius Iacomi
>
> g

they are different words and they are deriving from different roots.
I wonder which should be the root for "zburli" in this case.

as for "zvârrrr" I guess the interjections are in more cases teh real
roots for the later words. It should sound as a matter of evolution,
from interjections to words and not vice versa.