DATE:
2013
UNIVERSAL IDENTIFIER: http://hdl.handle.net/11093/6554
EDITED VERSION: https://revistas.usc.gal/index.php/elg/article/view/1514
UNESCO SUBJECT: 5702 Lingüística Diacrónica
DOCUMENT TYPE: article
ABSTRACT
Neste traballo examinamos as diferentes propostas etimolóxicas suxeridas para o verbo galego devecer / debecer e presentamos unha nova proposta *DEBILESCERE, un verbo formado a partir do adxectivo DEBILIS. Este *DEBILESCERE explica mellor ca outras teorías as formas e os significados galegos actuais, de acordo con criterios fonéticos, semánticos e morfolóxicos. In this paper we examine various etymological proposals for the Galician verb devecer / debecer, and advance a new proposal deriving it from *DEBILESCERE, a verb formed from the adjective DEBILIS. This hypothesis explains the current Galician forms and meanings better than other theories according to phonetic, semantic and morphological criteria.