Re: [tied] Re: Latin ibex akin to Portuguese bezerro?

Mate Kapovic wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao" <josimo70@...> wrote:
>> In a nice book about Portuguese etymology I've just bought, there's
> a chapter about Pre-Roman Iberian words. Its stated that Portuguese
> bezerro "calf" < Pre-Roman *ibik/irru, same root as Latin ibex, both
> from a Pre-Roman root *ibik-, meaning "kid". Is it plausible?
>>
>>
>> Joao SL
>
>
>> there is Rom. "b�k" ( < bik ?) which means "ox". Apparently it fits
>> with *ibik you mean here phoneticaly & semanticaly.
>
> The Romanian word is a loanword from Slavic (cf. for instance
> Croatian bik, bak "ox").
>
> Mate

I said just there is the word "b�c" without pointing to its etymology.
Since you say so sure on you "loan from Slavic", what makes this word so
Slavic? Its presence in South Slavic or is there anything special for
classifying this word as "slavic" ?

Alex




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