Re: [tied] Re: Vladimir

At 8:20:09 AM on Tuesday, April 1, 2003, tolgs001 wrote:

>>and since Germanic *wald- corresponded closely
>>to its Slavic cognate *vold-

> Usually interpreted as "waltan" = to rule, dominate (in
> German: "walten"; "Gewalt" = violence; power in a state,
> "Gewaltenteilung" = separation of powers):

> Ewald, Grimwald (Grimoald, Grimaldi), Oswald,
> Archibald/Arcimboldo, Walt(h)er/Wolter etcetc.

Not in <Archibald> (<Erkanbaldus>, etc.), surely? There the
deuterotheme goes with Goth. <balths>, OHG <bald>, OE
<beald>, ON <ballr> 'bold, daring'.

Brian