Re: [tied] Re: IE cockroach

The ending of cucaracha seems suspiciously Italian <
-accia. Are there related words for bugs along the
lines of *kukara/o- in Sicilian, Calabrese,
Napolitano, etc.?



--- Francesco Brighenti <frabrig@...> wrote:

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>
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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard
> Wordingham" <richard@...>
> wrote:
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> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen"
> <tgpedersen@> wrote:
> >
> > > Basically, *kr- means things that go 'kr' when
> you step on them.
> > > Maybe.
> >
> > Cockroaches are too tough to go 'kr'.
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>
> Perhaps /squash/ would be a more appropriate
> linguistic rendering of
> the sound produced when one steps on a cockroach?
> :^)
>
> Francesco
>
>

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