Odp: [tied] Re: Apollo

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 9663
Date: 2001-09-21

Another example: Lith. Valaika : Polish Wol/l/ejko, pronounced [vowejko].
 
Piotr
 
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From: Piotr Gasiorowski
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Subject: Odp: [tied] Re: Apollo

My pre-checking guess is that Wol/l/owicz is probably just a variant of Wol/owicz from <volU> 'ox'. Like other -owicz/-ewicz names it has a "Lithuanian" flavour in the sense of being carried by people from the historical Grand Duchy. The Lithuanised version is Valavic^ius.