Res: Res: [tied] Re: Visigothic kings - Gothic names

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:

>
> > Wunisko: seems much more plausible. There's a bunch of
> > Middle Age women using this first name, for example,
> > Unisco Godinhes ("Unisco, Godinho's daughter"), Unisco
> > Pais ("Unisco, Paio's daughter"), Unisco Viegas ("Unisco
> > Egas' daughter": Viegas is a patronymic of Arabic origin,
> > Viegas<Veegas<Evenegas<Ebenegas< Ibn Egas).
>
> The fact that it enjoyed some medieval popularity doesn't
> really say much about the etymology, so far as I can see: by
> then it was probably just a name, apparently a somewhat
> traditional one.

PIE *wn.sko:- > PGerm. *wunsko:- "wish",
cf. Skt va:ñcha "wish", vá:ñchati "wishes"


Torsten