Re: [tied] Re: Ukrainian words from Carpathians

george knysh wrote:

>
> ******GK: That is true. Though most do bear Romanian
> names. (Historical curiosity): the Register of the
> Ukrainian Kozak nobility of 1649 indicates that
> approximately 10% of these warriors were of Moldavian
> descent. And everybody knows the tremendous
> contribution to Ukrainian culture made by Metropolitan
> Petro Mohyla (Moghila). One of the best contemporary
> Ukrainian universities in Kyiv is named after
> him.*****
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>> George

a propos "mohyla". he word is in literary Romanian "movilã" = mound,
knoll, hillock
The word is supposed to be of SLavic origin cf. DEX, the slavic word
should be "mogyla".
I wonder you said "mohyla". Is this "h" from "hy" an "h" or kind of "g"?