From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 57999
Date: 2008-04-25
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From: "Alexandru Moeller" <alxmoeller@...>>
>
> this is a nice information Brian, thank you. The Romanian word
> "hârciog"is given as loan from Hungarian when the phonetic aspect speaks
> for an old word due "â" after the sonant "r". I doubt the same word with
> the same phonetic aspect as heriçun could be loaned in OFr from
> Hungarian in the XIII century. It seems it is other way around and the
> Hungarian hörcsög is a loan from some neighbours( I let George to say it
> is not that way):-))
> > Alex
>
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These words mean "hamster" not "hedgehog".
By the way,
what word is scientific LAtin "cricetus" based on ?
Is it a real LAtin word ?
Arnaud
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