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in reply to a message by Ismene
Well, Spanish araña, pronounced more or less like 'arania', means spider:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/araña
The word is derived from a Latin word that is in turn derived from a Greek word:
http://www.myetymology.com/latin/araneus.html
Maybe Persian borrowed the Greek 'arachne' somehow as well, as a loanword, however I don't know how to check that.
With so many new, old and very old words similar to 'arania' floating around it is probably impossible to get a clear picture.
Anyway, somehow I doubt that somebody anywhere would name his or her child 'spider'. But who nows, strange things happen.
Rene www.BabyNames.ch
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/araña
The word is derived from a Latin word that is in turn derived from a Greek word:
http://www.myetymology.com/latin/araneus.html
Maybe Persian borrowed the Greek 'arachne' somehow as well, as a loanword, however I don't know how to check that.
With so many new, old and very old words similar to 'arania' floating around it is probably impossible to get a clear picture.
Anyway, somehow I doubt that somebody anywhere would name his or her child 'spider'. But who nows, strange things happen.
Rene www.BabyNames.ch
This message was edited 4/21/2011, 11:13 PM
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