The Etymology of Latin pirum ‘pear’ and the development of i to e before *r in Latin
In this paper we derive Lat. pirum ‘pear’ from the PIE root *peys- ‘to crush, crumble’ (attested also in Lat. pīnsō ‘crush, pound’ and pistillum ‘pestle’). The semantic motivation lies in the delicate, crumbling texture of pears, and it has an exact parallel in Slavic, where, e.g., Croatian krƘška i...
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| Language: | Bosnian |
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Latina et Graeca, Institute for Classical Languages and Ancient Civilization
2023-01-01
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| Series: | Latina et Graeca |
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| Online Access: | https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/454248 |