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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Francesco Brighenti" <frabrig@...>
wrote:
> ...and, in many Italian dialects, "maja" (pronounced as ma:ya)
> means "undershirt". How does this etymon relate to the venerable
> Sanskrit term Maya? :^0
Interesting. Russian <májka> 'undershirt' is etymologized by Trubac^ëv
from <maj> 'May', i. e. 'what is weared in May'. This has never looked
convincing to me, and I would rather believe it's borrowed from
Italian (or that both words are borrowed from some common source).
What's the etymology of the Italian dialectism you mentioned?
Sergei