Re: [tied] Re: PIE rainbow, curcubeu

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From: Bogdan Giusca (disc)

To: Daniel J. Milton

Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 7:41 AM

Subject: Re: [tied] Re: PIE rainbow

Hello Daniel,

Thursday, November 27, 2003, 8:53:02 PM, you wrote:

DJM> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@......>
DJM> wrote:
>> Is there any PIE name for the Rainbow?
>> 
>> Joao SL
DJM> *********
   
DJM> I don't know, but I doubt it.    From "The Rainbow, from Myth to
DJM> Mathematics  (C. B. Boyer), it seems that worldwide the rainbow has
DJM> many fanciful names matching explanatory myths.  The
DJM> English "rainbow" seems one of the most straightforward names.
DJM>       What comes to mind for a possible I.E. word is Greek 'iris' . 
DJM> Does it have cognates in any other language?

Yes, in some Romance languages, possibly taken from Greek:
Portuguese: arco-íris
Spanish: arco iris
Italian: arcobaleno, iride
Catalan: arc de sant martí, arc d'iris

but not in others:
French: arc-en-ciel
Romanian: curcubeu (probably unknown origin)

see: http://wiktionary.org/wiki/Rainbow

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Best regards,
Bogdan                            mailto:disclist@...




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