Re: [tied] RE: etyma for =?UNKNOWN?Q?Cr=E3ciun=2C?= Romanian for Chr

28-12-03 00:39, Mate Kapovic wrote:

>> Slavic <krac^un> (in connection with both solstices)
>> must be related to these too.
>>
>> George
>
> It is also found in Hungarian Karácsony. The word is obviously Slavic, from
> krat7k7 "short", kratj6j6 "shorter" etc.(~ solstices). Semantics fits,
> phonology fits and a Slavic etymon is the only possible since the word is
> found in Slavic, Hungarian and Romanian.

And of course, since krac'- or krac^- < *kortj- represents a dialectal
development, it's even more specifically a loan from non-Bulgarian South
Slavic.

Piotr