Re: Raven words

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

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> In Spanish, cuervo "crow" is the everyday word for "raven" but the archaic word is cornejo. known to all who read El Cid in school. I'm sure Tavi and João can fill us in on the rest of Ibero-Romance.
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Spanish cornejo (m.) is 'dogwood', a diminutive from Latin cornus. The name of the bird is corneja (f.), a diminutive from Latin corni:x.

Also Catalan gralla (f.) refers either to Corvus frugileus (Spanish grajo, graja) or Corvus monedula (Spanish grajilla). This word is likely of onomatopoeyic origin, as in Catalan it also designates a woowind instrument. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gralla_%28instrument%29