From Switzerland to Italy in the footsteps of the «buzzurri»
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Abstract
This note analyses a number of etymological hypotheses, according to which the word "buzzurro" is either a backformation from "buzzurrone", allotrope of "buggerone" 'sodomite', or is linked to northern Italian and Italian-Swiss forms as "brüzur", "brüsur" 'burn'.
Keywords
- Historical Linguistics
- Etymology
- Italian Dialects
- Florentine and Roman Dialects
