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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Lisa Darie <elixir032000@...>
wrote:
> Hram is the annual celebration of the patron saint of an orthodox
church as St George on April 23 or St. Mary on August 15. The name
hram might derives from heram, an ancient festival and a banquet
celebrated in Samos in honour of the goddess Hera. The Thracians
used to offer to their gods and ancestors huge lavish public feasts.
The word zestre, meaning dowry is one of the 165 Romanian common
words currently accepted as Thracian.
>
> Regard,
>
> Lisa
>
>
>
> alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
> Lisa Darie wrote:
> > What is the origin of the words hram, dumineca, zestre?
>
> I give the accepted etymologies:
>
> hram= slavic hramU
> zestre= from Latin "dextrae"= solemn promise
> dumineca = latin. domenica (this one was discussed)
>
> alex
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"165 common Romanian words are currently accepted as Thracian."
Accepted by whom? And published where?
If this has been posted on Cybalist before, I apologize for
missing it, but would still like to know.
Dan