The Romanian Dialectal Steregie – A Word Inherited from Latin [?] Cover Image

Rom. dial. steregie – cuvânt moştenit din latină [?]
The Romanian Dialectal Steregie – A Word Inherited from Latin [?]

Author(s): Teofil Teaha
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura U. T. Press
Keywords: steregie („soot”); dialectal distribution; etymon; lexical variants; semantic evolution

Summary/Abstract: Continuing the research of regional terms inherited from Latin, we reviewed the current state of word steregie (= soot), its distribution in Daco-Romanian dialects and also in the Western Romanity. Summary data provided by dictionaries are substantially enhanced by the unpublished dialect material, which is available to researchers through linguistic atlases. The word steregie continues its uninterrupted existencein Romanian idioms.

  • Issue Year: XIX/2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 119-126
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian
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