Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@... wrote:
The *<rotHo> word appears to be "southern" Germanic only: German
<Rad>, Du. <rad>. In Dutch (and Frisian) it's I suppose a Germanism,
applied mostly to wheel-like objects *not* used in transportation
(watermill, cogwheel, Wheel of Fortune), as opposed to <wiel>, which
is what you have on cars and bikes.
How about King of the Rou[n]d [table]? Compare King Arthur.
Was this king overweight? Or Red-bearded?
Roderick *looks* like breaKing Rich-ard and swapping the
two pieces, but the break is in the wrong place to
retain the meaning "Lion-Hearted". However, if you are
willing to *reverse* the name, you can make it break
correctly, as ChaRD-Ri --> Ro-DeRiCk = lion + heart.
Good [k]night, :-)
izzy_cohen@...
PS: OS knecht, OHG kneht ~ reversal of aleph-resh-yod = lion,
where yod = K, resh = N, and aleph = GHT.
night < OE niht ~ Fris / Germ Nacht, OHG naht, ON natt, Go nahts,
L nox / noct, nocturnal < ME nocturne < OE noctern < ML nocturna
< L nocturnus = of the night, by night < noct / nox < Gk nyx
~ Hebrew nun-het na(x) = restful, quiescent het = X