From: tgpedersen
Message: 55842
Date: 2008-03-24
>'knes' (Danish translation, I don't know what the Latin was) is "Wend
> On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:55:47 -0400, "Brian M. Scott"
> <BMScott@...> wrote:
>
> >At 4:28:37 PM on Sunday, March 23, 2008, tgpedersen wrote:
> >
> >[...]
> >
> >> BTW, my story can accomodate some more facts: PGerm.
> >> *kuningas is "king" in Germanic, but "prince" in Slavic.
> >
> >I don't see anything to accommodate. PGmc. *kuningaz isn't
> >'king' as we normally understand the word; as I understand
> >it, it's closer to 'tribal chieftain', with a bit of 'war
> >leader' and 'priest' thrown in. Vasmer glosses Old Slavic
> ><kUnje,dzI> with Gk. <he:gemó:n>, <árkho:n>, <basileús>, and
> ><kóme:s>, apparently citing something abbreviated 'Supr.'.
>
> That's the Codex Suprasliensis, one of the most important
> OCS manuscripts.
>
> Pol. ksia,dz and Cz. knêz mean "(Catholic) priest".
>