[tied] Re: Romanian Swadesh list -> 10% substratual

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

> On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 11:44:09 +0000, m_iacomi <m_iacomi@...> wrote:
>
>>> 10. mic 'small' ( 40% - substratual (see Albanian mic);
>>> 60% - latin *miccus - not an attested form in latin)
>>
>> 0% substratum, 90% Latin, 10% Greek. See Miguel's post and mine.
>> Latin femminile word is clearly present, Sicilian "nicu/nica"
>> (spelt by Miguel "nika")
>
> Small correction: the form I (Coromines, in actual fact) gave as
> <nika> is Sardinian, not Sicilian. You gave Sicilian <nicu>.

You're right, I was una mica distret. Remaining in the area: the
Calabrese form is "nnicu"; in Sicilian one can say "nicuzzu" (same
as Romanian "micuT"). Coromines could also have mentioned Italian
"mica" (< Lat. "mi:cca") `bit` (in ancient texts, today with
shifted meaning), conserved with geminate in Corsican (cf. Rohlfs).

Regards,
Marius Iacomi