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- Title
Esp. (y gall.-ptg.) buscar: una aproximación etimológica apoyada en los datos panrománicos.
- Authors
Georgescu, Simona
- Abstract
A Pan-Romance analysis of Sp. buscar ~ provides sufficient data to reconstruct a Proto-Romance etymon */ˈbʊsk-a-/ ~ */ˈbusk-a-/ (assigned to Italo-Occidental continental Proto-Romance), whose meaning can be reconstructed as 'to go into the forest' (with various purposes). Although the meaning 'to look for' seems to be restricted to Ibero-Romance buscar, the other Romance reflexes show strong links with this semantic area. A considerable number of Gallo-Romance and Italo-Romance verbs carry the meanings 'to hide' as well as the opposite, 'to chase (someone) from their refuge', 'un-cover', and therefore, 'dis-cover'. It is also possible to recover traces of a specialized use related to hunting outsides the boundaries of Ibero-Romance.
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Romanische Philologie, 2021, Vol 137, Issue 1, p99
- ISSN
0049-8661
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/zrp-2021-0003