Re: Etymology of these Serbian words
- From: "Dušan Vukotić" <dusan.vukotic@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 07:38:59 -0800 (PST)
On Feb 9, 3:23 pm, "noesy_parker" <noesy_par...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Du¹an Vukotiæ" <dusan.vuko...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote innews:fb3f27fe-4b89-4609-9990-9c766e2b761f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
Sapun (soap); related to Serbian 'sipanje' (pour) and za-peniti (to
foam); cf. Serb. sapunati (to soap);
Can't help but notice that Malay word for soap is sabun which is assumed to
be from Arabic. Are you claiming a Serbian origin?
What do you think? Arabic sabun (Pers. sâbun) is the same word as
English soap (Ger. Seife, Ita. sapone, Fr. savone, Spa. jabon, Por.
sabăo, Serb. sapun).
Does it mean that the English word soap is of Arabic origin too?
Be reasonable, please!
OE sipian is clerly related to Serbian sipanje (dripping).
Sapun (soap) is a clear-cut IE word which has been borrowed by Arabs,
Turks etc.
DV
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