Re: [tied] RE: etyma for Crãciun, Romanian for Christmas

> On Sat, Dec 27, 2003, at 02:33 PM, Dan Waniek wrote:
>
> > So Creationem, cracã (Gothic hrugga) are our very interesting,
> > if opposed candidates.
> >
> > Is there any possibility that Pokorny root # 1737 (s)ker-3,
> > to turn, to bend, might be implied in these two ?
> >
> > Afterall we have Greek ku/rkos and Homeric kru/kos.
>
> Slavic <krac^un> (in connection with both solstices)
> must be related to these too.
>
> George

It is also found in Hungarian Karácsony. The word is obviously Slavic, from
krat7k7 "short", kratj6j6 "shorter" etc.(~ solstices). Semantics fits,
phonology fits and a Slavic etymon is the only possible since the word is
found in Slavic, Hungarian and Romanian.

Mate