azumbre
an old liquid measure of about 2 litresantigua medida de líquidos, de unos 2 litros
Comes from Arabic
الثُّمْن
ath-thumn
“the eighth part”«la octava parte»
Arabic today says
ثُمْن
thumn
And it still does
Root
ث م ن
th-m-n
The article
Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.
The story
It was an eighth of a cántara. The th sounded like z, and the cluster -mn turned into -mbre, as in hombre.Era la octava parte de la cántara. La th sonó como z y el grupo -mn se resolvió en -mbre, como en hombre.
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