Re: My version

--- On Fri, 2/20/09, dgkilday57 <dgkilday57@...> wrote:

>
> Oscanisms are found in some South Italian dialects. All
> that comes
> to mind, without references, are <bifolco>
> 'plowman',
> <rinnina> 'nightingale', and <autsano>
> 'alder', but I think the
> number of localized Oscanisms is more like 100. You can
> find some of
> them in the REW.
>
> DGK

Is bifolco from the same root as Spanish bifurcar "to fork"?
BTW: Spanish paloma "dove" is another Oscanism, I don't know if there are any others outside of Italy