Re: [tied] Vladimir

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
wrote:

> At 3:12:38 AM on Saturday, March 29, 2003, alex_lycos wrote:
>
> > Is the slavic name "vladimir" a methatesised form of the
> > germanic name "waldemar"?
>
> No., <Waldemar> is a Danish form of <Vladimir>, partly
> influenced by OHG <Waldomar>.
>

<Waldemar> is German historians' version of <Valdemar>. There are no
w's in (written) Danish.

Torsten