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Re: onomatopoetic animal sounds

From:D Tse <exponent@...>
Date:Saturday, April 14, 2001, 4:28
> > Speaking of this, does anyone know the origins of Spanish > > _graznar_, Italian _starnazzare_ and French _caqueter_? > > These are supposedly used as verbs for the sound of the duck. > > diccionarios.com says 'graznar' is from "l. hispánico > _gracinare_, de orig. > onomat." > > *Muke! > -- > http://www.southern.edu/~alrivera/
Ah! On a similar note, does anyone on this list know of an Italian dictionary site anywhere on the internet that includes etymologies in its definitions? Imperative