Old Germanisms in Romanian? [Re: cardinal...]

From: tolgs001
Message: 21661
Date: 2003-05-10

>They have been there (the goths and gepidae) some longer
>as the Romans.
>The Germanic "heulen" (see Rom. "hãuli"), the germanic
>word for "owl" which is "uhu" (se room. "buhã") see Gothic
>"azyma" (unsalated bread) and Rom. "azima", see Germanic
>"mehl" rom. "mãlai", see german "fotze", Rom. "puTã",
>usw. usw.

Why are you reluctant to disclose your source/s?

Ger. heulen, Rum. a hãuli, Engl. owl/Ger. Eule &c. - all
represent animals & humans belonging to a category
that's called in... "ululantes" (this one is a Latin word).

The Romanian dictionary says the bread azimã's the
neo-Greek azyma. As for "mãlai": initially, it was a synonym
to "mei" (Lat. milium) = millet. It is still used as such
regionally even today. "Mãlai" in the sense of "flour"
always means "maize flour"/"polenta". So, there's little
to be exploited here from the Germanic angle "mel-"
with the (German) meaning "mahlen, Gemahlenes"
(to grind; ground, flour-/powder-like).

Even its Hungarian regional counterpart, málé [ma:le:],
has the same meaning. Although Hungarian was
exposed to German-language influences in the
*same area*. But there is no link betw. málé and Mehl
(flour), AFAIK; málé is also restricted to maize (the
proof is also in the... Google: "málé"+"kukorica").

(BTW, a curiosity: in Hungary proper, maize = kukorica
[ku-ko-ri-tzO], and in Austria Kukuruz [kukurutz], which are
etymologically probably < Rum. cucuruz (initial meaning:
(fir-tree) cone). Yet in Transylvania & Banate, where
Hungarians have coexisted with Romanians for centuries,
popular has been the Hung. term "tengeri" ("[brought from]
overseas").)

As for the last 2 examples, how come that you don't
see the... prepuce [Lat. (prae-)putium]? BTW: have a look
at Yiddish (after all, a South-German dialect, closely related
to Bavarian and Franconian). These genital terms are
included, both of them, in the jiddische Sproch:

http://tinyurl.com/bfju and http://tinyurl.com/bfjt

George