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Comment by fcatalan

10 hours ago

We have yelmo and almete, but looking up both of them, they seem to be considered later medieval loans. Espuela (spur), dardo (dart) and a few other warlike items are often mentioned. And of course guerra (war) itself.

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fcatalan  10 hours ago

And tangentially, to this day Canary islanders'slur for peninsulars is "godos", in the sense of "arrogant and haughty"

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