Re: Asian Migration to Scandinavia

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 60951
Date: 2008-10-16

--- On Thu, 10/16/08, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> From: Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
> Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Asian Migration to Scandinavia
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008, 10:44 AM
> On 2008-10-16 16:08, Rick McCallister wrote:
> >
>
> > Are you (raucousd) trying to say that
> > Easter and Ostara are from a compound of os- + atar-
> (vel sim)?
> > Something like "God fire, God hearth"?
>
> Oh, come on. OE has o:s 'god' < *ansu- (= OHG
> ans-, as in Anselm) and
> e:aster ~ e:astre < *aus(t)r(-o:n)- (OHG o:st(a)ra). OE
> o: and OHG o:
> just aren't the same thing and can't be compared.
>
> Piotr
Yes, that's how I understand it, but I was wondering if raucousd saw it as such.