Fwd: [tied] Historical implications of Romanian ecclesiastical term

--- george knysh <gknysh@...> wrote:

> Continuing our discussions.
> What would be a short (or not so short) list of
> INDUBITABLY ancient ecclesiastical terms in
> Romanian,
> viz., such as entered the language before the advent
> of the Slavic influence?
>
> "Biserica" certainly qualifies. We can say with
> appropriate certainty that this word (as "basilica")
> was quite current in Latin Christianity between the
> 4th and 7th centuries.
>
> "Domnezeu" also qualifies. We haven't discussed
> this,
> but there would be no problems I think.

*****GK: I did wish to put one question in connection
with this word. Is Romanian the only language of a
historically Christian population where the primary
term for "God" is an epithet? Domnezeu as a
development of "Dominus Deus". The Slavic equivalent
would be "Gospod Bog/Hospod Boh".*****


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