Re: Baltic Slav rebellion

--- In cybalist@egroups.com, Andrei Markine <andrey@...> wrote:

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> At 12:21 PM 1/18/01 +0100, you wrote:
> >I wonder if names such as *sve~to-pUlkU could not be used as

evidence, but

> >of course the meaning 'Sacred Lord' for *sve~to-vitU also makes

good sense.

>
> Yaropolk vs Sv'atopolk = 'vigorous' vs 'sacred' ?

Slavic onomastics rather support Piotr's version ('vigorous'). Baltic
cognates - something like 'marked in relation to pagan cult'. God
only (?) knows where is the truth.

Sergei.