Re: Vladimir

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

> --- 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.

Without being 100%, I believe Danish replaced the w's with v's in the
18th century (Holberg) under French influence (that's where 'gamle'
comes in).

Torsten