[Linganth] Q: Quessa/Cuentos

[Maggie Ronkin]

CORRECTION: Below I meant "throughout the Muslim world". Sorry for the typo.

From: "Maggie Ronkin" <ronkinm at hotmail.com>
To: linganth at cc.rochester.edu
Subject: [Linganth] Q: Quessa/Cuentos
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 20:30:33 +0000

My students have asked if there's any connection (e.g. one that's 
etymological and traceable to culture contact) between "quessa", used in 
literature on the Middle East to designate folktales, fairy tales, romances, 
legends, and gossip throught the Muslim world, and "cuentos" in Spanish. Can 
someone help us out?

--Maggie

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