Re: [tied] Vladimir

From: bmscotttg
Message: 20580
Date: 2003-03-31

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
> --- 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.

Oddly enough, however, _Danmarks Gamle Personnavne_ (ed.
Gunnar Knudsen, Marius Kristiansen, & Rikard Hornby) uses
<Waldemar> as its headform.

Brian