--- 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".*****
~~~~~~~~~
In "Istoria Bisericii Ortodoxe Romane", by Preot Prof. Dr. Mircea Pacurariu,
Editura Institutului Biblic si de Misiune al Bisericii Ortodoxe Romane,
Bucuresti, 1992, page 73/Marturii Lingvistice: "DUMNEZEU [aromanian
DUMNIDZÃU] is coming from DOMINE DEUS, and in the old popular form without
"I", DOMNE DEUS, an old pagan invocation adopted also by the Christians for
their only God".
The term in macedoromanian is DHUMNIDZÃ(U) and in meglenoromanian DUMNIZESC
[in Alexandru Ciorãnescu/ie Alejandro CIORANESCU "Diccionario Etimolo'gico
Rumano", 1958-'59, Biblioteca Filologica, La Laguna University, Spain].
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