Re: [tied] ANNA, ELISABETH and variants

Polish:

Anna (common pet forms: Ania, Anka, Anusia, Anula). Hanna (Hanka, Hania, Hanusia, Hanula) is historically a variant of Anna with an onset-filling glottal glide, but it is now treated as a separate name.

Elz.bieta (common pet forms: Ela, Elka, Elz.unia, formerly also Bietka, now almost forgotten). There was also a variant with prothetic [h], Halz.bieta; its pet form Halszka is still occasionally used as an independent name.

Izabela (common pet forms: Iza, Bela) and Eliza (Liza) function as distinct names in Polish. There is little awareness of their history.

Here's some very interesting online info on the early form of feminine given names in English, with variants and attestation dates:

http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/reaneyintro.html

And onomastic reference galore:

http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/

Piotr

----- Original Message -----
From: morten.thoresen@...

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Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 1:03 PM

Subject: [tied] Re: 2: ANNA, ANA, ANN, HANNAH

--- In cybalist@......, tgpedersen@...... wrote: > --- In cybalist@......, "João S. Lopes Filho" <jodan99@......> wrote: > > ANNA > > Portuguese: Ana > > Gallician: Ana > > Spanish: Ana > > Catallonian: Ana, Anna > > Basque: Ana > > French: Anne > > Occitanian: > > Rheto-roman: > > Italian: Anna > > Sardinian: > > Romanian: Anna > > English: Ann, Anne, Hannah, Anna, Annah > > Old English: > > Dutch: Anne, Antje (hyp.) > > German: Anna > > Old High German: > > Danish: Anna, Anne, Annie (English loan), Hanne, > > Norwegian: > > Icelandese: > > Swedish: > > Norse: > > Gothic: > > Finnish : Anja, Anna, Anne, Annikki, Annukka, Antje > > Hungarian: > > Church Slavic: > > Russian : Anna > > Belorussian : Anna > > Ukrainian : Anna > > Polish : Anna, Hanna > > Czech : Anna > > Slovak : Anna > > Bulgarian : Anna > > Serbocroatian: Anna > > Macedonian > > Slovenian > > Lithuanian : Ona, Onyte > > Latvian : Ana > > Modern Greek > > Byzantine > > Classic Greek > > Albanese : Ana > > Armenian > > Irish > > Welsh > > Hawaiian : Ana > > Arabian > > Torsten Norwegian: Anne, Hanne

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