Re: Enclosed Places

alex wrote:

> Lisa Darie wrote:
>> Lat. 'urbs, urbis'
>> Skr. 'vardh' "to make strong", 'urjihana' "city"
>> Pers. 'vardana' 'walled city" - see Vardar River

also see Hungarian vár [va:r] "Burg" (< PIE *wer?).
And vár + suff. -os [oS] -> város "city." (cf. German Wehr,
Stauwehr; v. wehren)

>> Rmn. 'uluc' "wicker-work, paling"
>
> Rom. "uluc" cf DEX = from Turkish "oluk"

That's right. The meaning "fence" (initially only part of
it -> "plank") is given only by this one sg. uluca, pl. uluci.
Otherwise, the chief meaning of this Turkish loanw. is
"canal, groove".

> Alex

George