Re: [tied] Moldova Confusion

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 3555
Date: 2000-09-04

 
----- Original Message -----
From: Rex H. McTyeire
To: cybalist@egroups.com
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 3:51 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Moldova Confusion

 
I wouldn't contest that. It just seems most likely to me, on typological and linguistic grounds, that Moldova was ORIGINALLY a rivername. Moldova (Hungarian Moldva) is precisely what would have resulted from adding a feminising suffix to the adjective *mldu-, and numerous descriptive rivernames are formed from u-stem adjectives in this way.
 
Piotr
I think Moldova is older than Bogdania as a place/region name, Piotr.