Hi all,

On Thursday 19 May 2005 14:38, "Mathias Rösel" wrote:

> I lack any control of Spanish, unfortunately, but with -uela is a
> diminuitive ending, doesn't that suggest that vihuela is from a word
> like VIHA?

I doubt that! The Finnish word "viha" is "hate" (noun) in English.  ;-)

Best wishes,

Arto



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