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.
>

Odd. Cf.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/9303

and the following. In which case it would have a substrate word.

Torsten