Re: CONLANG Digest - 21 Feb 2004 to 22 Feb 2004 (#2004-52)

Anchoa looks (on the surface at least) very Basque = antxoa. The romance
langs however have no nasal and a labial instead of a dental. No great probs
there of course, and while it's true that the present-day Basque country is
not "Mediterranean" its extent could well have been much larger in the past;
and in any case the Basques have always been hot on the deep-sea fishing /
whaling. It's quite likely that there would have been contact with other
fishing cultures in the past.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philippe Caquant" <herodote92@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: CONLANG Digest - 21 Feb 2004 to 22 Feb 2004 (#2004-52)


> Silhouette ? My etymological dictionnary mentions:
> "silhouette, 1759, du nom du controleur general E. de
> Silhouette". As to anchovies, "1546, de l'espagnol
> anchoa, emprunte au grec aphue, par l'intermediaire du
> bas latin *apiuva; mot mediterraneen". I like this
> idea, "Mediterranean word". Anyway, Basques don't live
> on Mediterranean borders...
>
> --- jcowan@REUTERSHEALTH.COM wrote:
> > michael poxon scripsit:
> >
> > > The basques think that "la difference" is
> > sufficiently important
> > > to have two separate words just like most
> > languages: Gizon (is this, by the
> > > way, a source of the English word "geezer"?) /
> > Andere.
> >
> > No, it isn't.  Geezer < Scots guiser < disguiser.
> >
> > Words that are actually of Basque origin (mediated
> > by Spanish or French)
> > are: bizarre, chaparral, jai alai, silhouette, and
> > possibly anchovy.
> >
> > --
> > John Cowan  jcowan@reutershealth.com
>
>
> =====
> Philippe Caquant
>
> "Le langage est source de malentendus."
> (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
>
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