Re: Re[2]: [tied] Velesu/Volosu

Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

>> Germaninc "volk" is still not cleared and I assume you have the
>> answer for this word. Do you?
>
> It's obviously unconnected to Gmc. *walh-, Celtic *volk-. The
> Germanic word comes from *plk-os > *pulkaz (> Slavic *plUkU ~ *pUlkU
> "army, regiment").
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> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...

The Slavic *plUkU meant "army, regiment"? Curious, the Rom. word seems
to have an older sense as the Slavic one. It means simply "group". "Un
pâlc de copaci"=a group of tree.
In the midle Age it have had the sense of "army" because it meant an
military unit which was the equivalent of a regiment. Usualy, speaking
about people "pâlc" means a small and unorganised group of people.

Alex