Alex wrote:
what chances are there that "colchi" became
"volchi" and later "Vlochi" in the slavic languages?
****GK: What's wrong with the traditional explanation
that Slavic "Vlakhi" "Volokhi" et sim. are borrowed
terms (here probably from the Goths)? And ultimately
related to words such as Walloon and Welsh, all of
which ultimately go back to a Germanic meaning
("foreigner")? In the East this applied to the
Roman-speaking populations in areas controlled by
Germanic tribes. The Slavs subsequently extended the
meaning to include Italy and the Italians. This sounds
quite plausible to me.*****
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