Re: [tied] Re: Ukrainian words from Carpathians

--- alex_lycos <altamix@...> wrote:

> george knysh wrote:
> >> I am afraid we have to wait to see what a meaning
> >> the ukrainean word
> >> has
> >
> > GK: "beskyd" means "precipice" or "steep
> > precipice"; then again "mountain". I'm not sure if
> any
> > of these meanings are independent of, rather than
> > derivative from, the name "Beskydy" given to
> ranges in
> > the Carpathian mountains.
>
>
> the meaning clears this all. I am not aware of
> something similar in Rom.
> for precipice ( pr�pastie , h�u )in Rom. which will
> look like beskydy.

*****GK: We also have "propast'" for precipice in
Ukr.***

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