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

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From: g

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

> Skok actually adduces "bic" as a Rom. loanword from Slavic *byk7. The
> word is also loaned into Hungarian (bika).
>
> Mate

<bic> and (more frequently used form) <bicã> ['bik&] are spread in
rather small areas of the Transylvanian subdialects (esp. those
neighboring Hungary). As a synonym of <taur> ['ta-ur] "bull" and
<junc(an)> "young bull (or ox)". The word is so insignifiant for the
rest of the native-speakers, that usual Romanian dictionaries don't
mention it. (And always with [i], never with [I].)

I'd rather expect this word to have been borrowed via Hungarian, ie,
not directly. (Hung <bika> ['bikO] "bull".)

g