Re: [tied] More about Lithuanian names

Well, I should have said, good Lithuanian names, even if not very ancient ones and/or containing non-Baltic elements. Talking of poets and their creations, Adam Mickiewicz is responsible for coining a couple of pseudo-Lithuanian names like Graz.yna (based on graz^-us, -i 'beautiful'), very popular in Poland.

Skt. daiva- < *de:iwo- is indeed a vr.ddhied derivative of deva- < *deiwo-. It was primarily an adjective ('divine, coming from gods > fatal').

Piotr

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--- In cybalist@egroups.com, "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@......> wrote: > MG's three daughters (Danute, Zivile and Rasa, all good Baltic >girls' names). > You're too romantic about these names. The first is most likely not Baltic - Danu`te.<(u`te. diminutive of) Dana`<(short form of) Danie~le.<...<(K@...'ani:t_) Da:ni:'e:l. Others are not very good in terms of genuineness: Z^ivi`le. (properly Z^y'vile.) is coined by writer S^atrijos Ragana (female :) on the base of real names (like Z^y'bantas, Z^a~dvilas etc.); Rasa` is coined by XIX romantic writers after cognominal Baltic goddess '(morning) Dew'. By the way, my wife's Lithuanian name - Dai'va - is coined by writer Vidu_nas, it's just a transliteration of Old Indic daiva 'fate', which is, as it seemes to me, is a *deiu- derivative. Could anybody on the list comment this? Sergei