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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:
> Is there a Lithuanian word nerove "ondine"?
> And we have here the "egg-chicken" dilemma: Ne:reides are named
after their father Ne:reus, or Ne:reus is named after his daughters
Ne:reides?
I think, that word UNDINE was derived from word VANDUO, meaning
WATER, in some way like this: VANDUO > name Vandys > name Vandine,
meaning DAUGHTER OF Vandys, > name Undine. There is word UNDUO instead
of VANDUO in some dialects of Lithuanian language. Compare with
Latvian word U:DENS, meaning WATER.
I think, that name Nerius was at first. From Lithuanian names first
was mentioned name Zhvelgaitis. It means SON OF Zhvelgas or Zhvelgys.
Compare with Lithuanian surnames Augaitis, Basiukaitis, Danaitis,
Gerulaitis, Sharmaitis, Trakinaitis, Zhygaitis, etc. There is such
Lithuanian surname Danas. Daughters of Danas have surname Danaite. Can
this be compared with name Danas and Danaida the daughter of Danas in
Greek mythology? If there would be Lithuanian surname Neras, then
daughter of Neras would have surname Neraite, daughter of Nerius would
have surname Neriute. Compare with surname Saulius > Sauliute.
Regards, Aigius