Re: casa

People have speculated it's from Celtic, but the
postings I've seen don't offer any Celtic cognates, so
that sounds sketchy
It looks as if it could possibly be related to English
house, but the vowels are off --aren't they?
If it is related to English house, and to nothing else
--maybe some substrate picked up when both are
neighbors somewhere in E or C. Europe


--- alexandru_mg3 <alexandru_mg3@...> wrote:

> --- 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
>
>
>
>
>

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