Re:Rimac Nevera Hits 412kph to Become World’s Fastest Produc...
by davidw on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @11:51AM
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I wonder what the etymology is. Sounds superficially like "neve", Italian for snow, but it doesn't sound like it's an actual snowstorm.
Re:Rimac Nevera Hits 412kph to Become World’s Fastest Produc...
by matek on Saturday November 19, 2022 @05:15AM
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>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.
Re:Rimac Nevera Hits 412kph to Become World’s Fastest Produc...
by pxmpxm on Thursday November 17, 2022 @12:15AM
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Same thing? The root of the word seems to be disbelief ne + vjera
Re:Rimac Nevera Hits 412kph to Become World’s Fastest Produc...
by matek on Saturday November 19, 2022 @05:11AM
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>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).
That would be neverin.
Nevera is a storm/thunderstorm in the Adriatic in general, not necessarily a short lasting one.