Talk:List of Spanish words of Semitic origin

message: *These words are grouped by the source language, even though many of
them entered Spanish from an intermediary (example: albergue is
ultimately from Germanic, but entered Spanish by way of [[Provençal
language|Old Provencal]]).  Names of ancient tribes, names of
languages, and words denoting a person's ethnic group or
nationality are included.  Words not included, among others, are
personal names, place names, names of mountains, rivers,
cities, etc. as the list would become too expansive and there
are other lists which can cover these lexical items.  Many of these
words have related forms (estampar and estampada) which are not
included here unless, for various reasons, their relationship to each
other is not obvious.  Many of these words also contain Latinate
affixes (example: in "alcantarilla," -illa is a [[dimunutive
suffix]]) and components but have at least one component from another
language (example: béisbol).  Latin contained many words of [[Ancient
Greek]] by the the time the Romans became involved in
Iberia and those words are not included here except when 1. they were
introduced to Spanish through a language other than Latin (example:
albaricoque is from Ancient Greek but enter Spansih through Arabic) or
2. the word is attested in Greek, but is thought to stem from some
other language (example: celta).  Words which derived from attested
Latin words are only included when 1. The Latin word is known to
derive from another language except Ancient Greek (example: barca) 2.
The Latin word is thought to have dervied from another language
(example: batir).  The Greek and Latin words will be grouped under
"uncertain derivation."   Some of the words grouped under "uncertain
derivation" are documented, but are examples of
onomatopoeic creations which can't be definitively
attributed to a particular region or timeframe.--Hraefen 15:40, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Inclusion criteria etc.

message: *There are often competing theories for word origins.  If you know of
a competing theory, feel free to add information about this alternate
theory after the word and add your reference to the list of
references, but do not remove this word from this list because it is
sourced.  Rather, follow the procedure stated above, and then add the
word to "List of Spanish words of X origin." (along with
reference)--Hraefen 15:40, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Other theories

message: *Definitions are currently not given, but they will be. Some of these
words may need to be subdivided into languages within a language
family.  I will be doing both of these tasks as soon as I can get to
it.--Hraefen 15:40, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Defintions, subdivision, etc.

message: This article doesn't cite any reliable, published sources, except for one general one, the "Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua española". , I see that you made a number of additions a few days ago: , as well as in previous years, mainly giving Hebrew origins. Could you please say from what reliable source this information was taken, or where it can be verified?
Also, there were a number of similar edits last year from an IP from Tel Aviv: 79.183.14.221: . I'm not able to see where these can be verified. Does anyone have access to the "Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua española" to check the information in the article, and/or can someone provide other reliable sources for it? Thanks. --IamNotU (talk) 16:09, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reliable sources