dmilt1896 wrote:
>The point (if any) is that "brbljiv" and "burble" seem to
>be expressive, or even onomatopoeic, words, and may not have
>a clearcut etymologies.
>
>Dan Milton
Any link to the following?
--> Gr. borboryzein > borborygmos > borborygmus ("rumble")
--> Hung. buborék/bugyborék ("bubble", "sparkling") (é [e:];
-ék is
actually a mere suffix)
--> Ger. (sch)wirbeln, Wirbel; werfen, Werft
--> Engl. warble; whirl; wharf; wheel
--> Rum. bolbor- & volbura/bolbura/holbura (onomatopoeic; incl. the
idea of efervescence, sparkling - noise of that; incl. in bolbor-
reflexes "talk gibberish"; this seems to be close to Jabberwocky's
burble; OTOH, in Romanian, vb. a bolborosi is quite close to a (se)
bâlbâi cf. Lat. balbus & balbutio "stutter, stammer".)
--> Lat. volvo, volvi, volutus
thnx,
George