Res: [tied] Portuguese trovao "thunder"

--- On Mon, 6/8/09, Joao S. Lopes <josimo70@... com.br> wrote:

From: Joao S. Lopes <josimo70@... com.br>
Subject: [tied] Portuguese trovao "thunder"
To: cybalist@... s.com
Date: Monday, June 8, 2009, 3:20 PM

Portuguese trova~o "thunder". What's its origin? Anttero Vasconcelos' Dictionary considers two main hypothesises: from Latin turbo "turmoil", or from *troa~o <*tronare < tonare, or from *trudare, perhaps from an onomatopoeic basis tr-

 

JS Lopes

Don't forget the b/m alternation that sometimes occurs between Spanish and Portuguese, so Spanish trueno "thunder" vs. Portuguese trovão would fit in this norm if it was originally *trob-

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