Re: almendra: Arabic root of Spanish word

Ruud Harmsen wrote:
Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:23:08 -0500: Harlan Messinger
<hmessinger.removethis@xxxxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:

hazchem wrote:
In my Spanish class last night we were learning the words for tapas
and we were told 'almendra' is the Spanish for 'almond'. This seems to
be obviously a word of Arabic origin, as are many Spanish words.
Not every Spanish word that starts with "al" is of Arabic origin. "Alto" and "alma" aren't. I see that in this case, the origin is likewise Latin, "amandala", which is supposedly a corruption of "amygdala", though I can't imagine a direct transition from stressed [mig] to stressed [man].

I can: a simple assimilation. gd is still a common combination in
Modern Greek, so probably was back then, but it doesn't "feel right"
in Romance languages, so people tended to mold into the patterns
familiar to them?

So [migd] became [mind] became [mend].

If -gg- is -ng-, can't -gd- have been -nd- is some dialect?

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