Re: casa

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...>
wrote:

>
> What is the origin of casa?
> I thought intervocalic <-s-> always changed to /-r-/
> in words native to Latin.
> That, at least is the argument used to claim rosa as a
> loanword
> The consonant structure does seem parallel for
> Germanic hus, however
>

I agree that with you I think also that Latin casa is not a Latin
inherited word.

The question is: from where it could be loaned?

Any Latin word having an intervocalic -s- has a great probability
to be a loan.

Marius