Re: [tied] vegliot

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 22582
Date: 2003-06-03

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From: "alex" <alxmoeller@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 8:54 PM
Subject: [tied] vegliot


> in the message #948 Piotr gives some simple explanation about Vegliot.
>
>
> I wonder how is to be understood the name of the language so as Udina
> called it. Udina meant the language is called "Veklisun". What should
> then mean "veklisun"? Should there be related to Latin veclus ( from
> "vetulus" ) ?

It is. <Vikla> (Venetian <Veglia>) was the name of Udina's home place -- the
island of Krk. It corresponds to It. vecchia < vecla- < vet(u)la. The
adjectival suffix <-isun> is, according to Witold Manczak, a combination
of -e:ns- and -a:num.

Piotr