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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:
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> Portuguese bruxa and Spanish bruja, both meaning "witch, hag", are
usually linked to Latin brusca "tree-frog, small frogg, Hyla arborea"
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Lewis and Short's Latin dictionary doesn't have "brusca". There's
Pliny's "bruscum", translated as "an excrescence on maple trees", but
nothing to do with frogs (or witches).
What's the source of your information?
Dan