User talk:Braneanu

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[edit] List of Romanian words of possible Dacian origin

Hi and welcome!

Bască meaning beret obviously originates from French basque, so that Hasdeu and Russu wouldn't have put it in the list unless it had had some other meaning.

Do you have any source for the meanings of adămană, dezgauc, and gîdel? For the latter I suppose it is actually not a form of a gîdila as you thought, but a variant of gîde (executioner), which in several dictionaries is listed with an "unknown etymology" note, like most of the other words of possible Dacian origin. — AdiJapan ☎ 07:29, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Hello, and thank you for your suggestions, User:AdiJapan.
I suppose you're right about "Bască" (though the word "[Basque]" has no connection with Latin, it is more likely a later addition to the Romanian language -- I can't imagine a pilleati wearing one :p ) and you might be right about "gîdel" also.
For the other two though, "adămană" and "dezgauc", I heard them used with the indicated meanings (the latter as a verb, as matter of fact). Of course, that doesn't necessary mean that those were the original meanings.
Indeed, we do need a language specialist here (I'm no such creature, unfortunately) but until then, I decided that nowadays meaning is better than no meaning for those words.. and I stand corrected. Braneanu 20:49, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
Okay, I thought so. Just to make sure (I suppose you are new to Wikipedia), before you start editing too many articoles you should get used to the most important 3 rules of the game, namely
In this particular case the first two are important, where they say that articles should only contain information previously published in reliable sources, and not our own opinions. That's why I asked about sources.
Concerning the word basque, apparently it does have a Latin origin (see this source), but that's certainly not the way it entered Romanian. I'm still looking for the other meaning, the one it has in Hasdeu and Russu's works. Cheers. — AdiJapan ☎ 10:22, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestions and advices, Adi. I will try to push myself up to the task from now on :) Braneanu 17:40, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

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