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>It’s a storm on the Croatian coast that comes suddenly and doesn’t last long That would be neverin. Nevera is a storm/thunderstorm in the Adriatic in general
by matek 4y ago
>It’s a storm on the Croatian coast that comes suddenly and doesn’t last long
That would be neverin.
Nevera is a storm/thunderstorm in the Adriatic in general, not necessarily a short lasting one.
- davidw 4y agoI wonder what the etymology is. Sounds superficially like "neve", Italian for snow, but it doesn't sound like it's an actual snowstorm.
- matek 4y ago>I wonder what the etymology is. Yep, it's of Romance origin, etymological dictionaries list it as originating in Venetian nevèra, with an understandable semantic shift.
- pxmpxm 4y agoSame thing? The root of the word seems to be disbelief ne + vjera
- matek 4y ago>Same thing? I was commenting on the "short lasting" part (and the nuances between neverin vs nevera, first one being for "short lasting" storms/thunderstorms, the latter being more generic). >The root of the word seems to be disbelief ne + vjera The word is completely unrelated to disbelief, it's of Venetian origin (< nevèra, meaning snow blizzard).