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 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html