User talk:Carolina wren/Archive/2009/May

qalaç

Oops, so sorry, I thought I saw a "N" with it, while I was taking a look at the recent changes. Thank you for warning me. Sinek 18:40, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

dolor

Please could you take a look at the Catalan entry for dolor as it doesn't have an inflection line template. Connected with this, do you think the word dolorós comes from the Latin dolōrōsus? I couldn't find any websites which provide Catalan etymologies. There's also some confusion with doleros and doloros as the Old French derivation from the Latin dolōrōsus, and I decided on the former in the end; is this correct? Thank you. Caladon 17:51, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Both the GDLC and the DCVB are online and usually provide etymologies for their words and they "agree" that dolorós comes from dolōrōsus. (The DCVB tends to use a form that ignores Latin inflectional endings, and both make use of breves when accenting Latin rather than Wiktionary's macron-only standard. As for Old French, I can't really comment. — Carolina wren discussió 20:40, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

I have a volume on Old French at home and will see if I can find anything. If I don't post some kind of answer by Friday (even a "didn't find anything), then just give me a nudge. --EncycloPetey 22:49, 27 May 2009 (UTC)