Re: Historical implications of Romanian ecclesiastical terminology

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, George <george.st@...> wrote:

>
> >I think that the word "kraciun" must has pre-Slavic origin,
>
> I suppose in the Slavic world there is a Summer kratchun too
> (solstice rites).
>
> >because it is also present in Albanian as <kërcuni> `tree-stump;
>
> It must be related to Romanian and Bulgarian crac (plur. craci),
> cracã (plur. crãci), crengã ("twig, branch") and krak respectively.
>
> >In fact, it is prefixed form, formed by Alb. prefix kër-/gër- and
> >Alb. word <cung> `tree-stump, stub',
>
> kër + çung might be rather a local, Albanian interpretation, that
> might have nothing to do with the real etymology of the word.
> After all, if it were a prefixed çung, why isn't there *kërçung?
>
> OTOH, for Romanian and Slavic languages must have been highly
> improbable to make a kra- out of kër.
>
> >Konushevci
>
> George

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Even I think that your explanations didn't deserve to reply, I will
mention just one example: Rom. stra- and Alb. stër- discussed very
deeply in this list, besides other examples.

Konushevci