... Without being 100%, I believe Danish replaced the w's with v's in the 18th century (Holberg) under French influence (that's where 'gamle' comes in). ...
... Several place names in Denmark (on Sjælland) are "kong Volmers <whatever>". But va > vo are common in Danish (and, relating to an earlier discussion, I...
George, For easier reference, I'll split the thread and deal exclusively with Ardagast before addressing the other questions. ... It is not certain that this...
... No. And when did you "point out" a difference? I'm afraid that escaped me. ... And it's possible that the English language derives from a creole; it's now...
... Niels Åge Nielsen: Dansk Etymologisk Ordbog: Da kogger ODa kogher Nw kogger Sw koger loan from MLG koker, from OSax kokar also Finnish kukkaro "purse",...
Radogosh is also an place name in Albania and it seems closely connected to metathetic form Ardagast. So, for my opinion, it could also segmented as ard-...
... How about Pig Latin? ;) - gLeN _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* ...
... Cf. Hungarian "halom" ['hO-lom] and its declension form "halma" ['hOl-mO] (necessary e.g. for the accusative & accusative possessive: halmat ['hOl-mOt], ...
... Alex is referring here to the Latinized name "Thocomerius" [Latinized by Hungarian scribblers] either for Tugomir/Tihomir or for some similar... Cuman name...
... Usually interpreted as "waltan" = to rule, dominate (in German: "walten"; "Gewalt" = violence; power in a state, "Gewaltenteilung" = separation of powers):...
... From Germanic (German)? Since there are the anthropo- & toponyms with the oldest form "Walch", e.g. Walchensee (in Bavaria). (If so, why the asterisc in...
... That root should be updated to *h2eg- and o-grade *h2og-. - gLeN _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your...
... I think the Hungarian name Tihamér ['ti-hO-me:r] is also worth mentioning in this context, the toponymic suffix "-mér" fitting in other renditions as...
... meaningless in ... ******GK: What do you think of Abdullah's non-Gothic, but still non-Slavic reconstruction?***** ... *****GK: As to the latter. I...
... Not in <Archibald> (<Erkanbaldus>, etc.), surely? There the deuterotheme goes with Goth. <balths>, OHG <bald>, OE <beald>, ON <ballr> 'bold, daring'. ...
... <shrug> I suggest that in future efforts to communicate your ideas, you insert boilerplate reminding your readers that you use your own definition of...
... On Volodymyr's coins the name appears as either "Vladim(i,e)r" (the usual notion is that this is a Bulgarian/Macedonian form) or "Volodimer".***** ... what...
... *****GK: Understood. BTW I forgot to ask about the RADA component in RADAGAISUS.***** __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? ...
... Oops, I think you're right. Have a cf. look at Theobald/Diebold/etc.: http://kunst-kreativ.de/theobald.htm (In old German, bald/bold (that's now "kühn, ...
At 10:55:20 AM on Tuesday, April 1, 2003, george knysh ... I've seen a tentative suggestion (in Piel & Kremer, Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch) that it's connected...
What is the more plausible analysis of root *wal- ? *wexl-? It is .linked to Germanic walDan, Slavic voldI (vladI), Latin valor, valere, validus, and there's...
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I'm reading fabulous Cavalli-Sforza's book "Genes, Peoples and Languages". Very pleasant and clearing book. IE tribes are described as nomadic shepherds,...
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What are the etymologies of toponyms/ethnonyms Me:dia / me:dos and Persia / perse:s ? Joao SL Rio...
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At 10:14:38 AM on Tuesday, April 1, 2003, V. Karloukovski ... A few more of early date: <Zebemir> 864 (a 'servus'), identified as OSloven. *Sebe^mir, from...
