Re: [tied] Tudor

According to my sources, Romanian Tudor is a variant of Teodor; as such it is unrelated to Welsh Tudor. Interestingly, Welsh Tudor is cognate to Theodoric, since *þiuda-ri:k- is the Germanic equivalent (or even calque) of Celtic *teuto-ri:g- 'folk-king', but not to Theodore < Gk. tHeo-do:ros 'God's gift'.

Piotr

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From: guto rhys

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Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 10:12 PM

Subject: Re: [tied] Re: S(h)ibboleth

I assume 'Tudor' in Romania to be a coincidence or a recent borrowing.

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