I had some problems in my computer, and since yesterday I was off.
I understand the point of view of Chris, and I thank Piotr and Mark for
defending mine. I know that these names I asked was biblical and not IE, but
I began with those (Ann,Mary,Elizabeth) because were more usual names, and
my intention is to query later about many other ones (including IE). I
really think that there's some phonetical and historical interest. To study
evolution of personal names is useful to understand the historical changes
in the world.
I accept Piotr's sugestion: those who want to answer my queries about names
please contact me in PVT.
Joao
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Just out of courtesy (Joao is compiling a lexicon of names and he
understandably wanted to take advantage of the fact that we have such a
linguistically mixed company on the list). But I agree it's essentially OT,
so if anyone else wants to help Joao, it would be preferable to do so
off-list as of now.
Piotr
----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher Gwinn <sonno3@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] ANNA, ELISABETH and variants
> One question (and I am honestly not meaning to be rude):
> Why are we discussing non-IE names (and all their variant spellings)
> borrowed into IE languages only after the spread of Christianity? I
> thought this was an IE list, not a Biblical names list?
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> - Chris Gwinn
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