Re: [tied] RE: etyma for Crãciun, Romanian for Christmas

S & L wrote:

> Simona Goicu [in “Termenii crestini in onomastica romaneasca”,
> ed. Amphora, Timisoara, 1999, at page 21-52] has summarized probably
> all the existing theories regarding this word.
> Another interesting explanation [because is explaining "Moş
> Crãciun"] is given by Aurelia Bãlan Mihailovici, in her
> “Dictionar Onomastic Crestin”, ed. Minerva, Bucuresti, 2003 at
> page 123-125. If somebody is really interested in these pages [also
> the ones mentioned in my previous posts], let me know and I will
> forward them to him [only as snail mail] after the winter holiday
> season.
>
> S o r i n

Of course this should be interesting to read them. I wonder if "MoS
Crãciun" is represented in Slavic, Hungarian and Albanian as well.
For these who do not know who "MoS Crãciun" is, one oughts to inform
this is a legendary old man which brings presents to Christmas tree.
This one is not to be confounded with St. Nicholaus (St. Nicolae)


BTW Cioranescu: take a look to see how many words in his dictionary are
simple "creacion expresiva" even there where we have the cognates in the
IE languages (less Latin). One must give Cesar what Cesar's belongs, you
are right here. The rest one has to take it again under the magnific
glass.

Alex