Re: [tied] Re: RO eccles. term.

On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 07:05:21 +0200, alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

>george knysh wrote:
>>> pãresimi < quadragessima
>>
>> *****GK: This looks promising, but how does one derive
>> the Romanian word from "quadragesima"?*****
>
>with much wish. There are some difficulties as in deriving preot from
>presbiterium
>quadragesima > pãresimi will imply:
>dr > r ; ag = lost;

Spanish cuaresma, Catalan quaresma, Italian quaresima (cf. "40" cuarenta,
quaranta, quaranta < Latin quadraginta). Vulgar Latin *quar(a)ésima > Rom.
*pãresimã > pãresimi with a change of ending.



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