Re: [tied] Re: cardinal points

--- Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Sat, 10 May 2003 18:28:46 -0700 (PDT), george
> knysh
> <gknysh@...> wrote:
>
>
> >GK: I'm not a linguist, so I could obviously
> be
> >wrong on this (but it's a very minor point in
> >connection with the larger issue being discussed
> and
> >my being wrong here would not affect the larger
> >argument). Apart from the Carpathian r. Molda and
> the
> >Czech river whence moldavites, I knows of at least
> two
> >other rivers Molda, both in Germany: one is located
> >close to Hamburg,
>
> Slavic Polabians used to live close to Hamburg.
>
> >and the other is near Dessau (this
> >Molda was mentioned by Martin Luther in one of his
> >works).
>
> The name Dessau sounds Slavic.
>
> =======================
> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...

*****GK: Does this intimate that the German "Moldas"
are Slavic names? I was thinking of analogies to terms
like "Fulda" or "Alda", but I guess that's rather
primitive.*****

>

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