Re: Slav names from *Walh-

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
<miguelc@...> wrote:

>
> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:03:19 -0000, "tgpedersen"
> <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>
> >I know the various Polish and Russian names from PGmc. *walh.
> >"southern foreigner" in -lo-/-olo- probably follow ordinary rules

of

> >derivation from Proto-Proto-Slav. -al-.
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_Vlach
> >I just want to be sure: Are we absolutely certain all Slavic forms
> >from Germanic *walh- are from exactly that form in -al- and not
> >something earlier (I'm thinking of the original -ol- in Celtic

Volcae)?

>
> Since Slavic did not distinguish between /o/ and /a/, that
> would be hard to tell. The /h/, however, shows it was
> borrowed from Germanic *walh-.
>
> =======================
> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> miguelc@...
>

... and if you will go further Vallachia is finally linked with
Walhalla - the great hall in Norse mythology where heroes slain in
battle are received

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/valhalla

Marius