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Croatica et Slavica Iadertina, Vol. 19 No. 1, 2023.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.15291/csi.4299

Etymology of the Fish Name Tabinja

Ranko Matasović orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-7068-3036 ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Philological Sciences HAZU, Zagreb, Croatia *

* Corresponding author.

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Abstract

In this paper a new etymology of the Croatian fish name
tabinja ʻPhycis phycisʼ is proposed. It is derived from a Dalmato-
Romance reflex of Lat. *tabō/*tabōnis ʻgadflyʼ, itself a
derivative of tabānus ʻgadflyʼ. It is argued that the metaphorical
transfer was motivated by the confusion of the species
Phycis phycis with that of maritime lampreys (Petromyzon
marinus) which are similar to gadflies since they suck the
blood of other fish species.

Keywords

Dalmato-Romance; etymology; ichthyonymy; tabinja

Hrčak ID:

312242

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/312242

Publication date:

28.12.2023.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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