Re: [tied] RE: etyma for Crãciun,RomanianforChristmas

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

> To decide either way I'd have to examine its forms and meanings
> in those Slavic languages that have it.

I hope my previous message provided the missing information.

> Among the evidence discussed so far, East Slavic -oro- is a strong
> argument in favour of original *-or-, and therefore in favour of
> Slavic origin [...]

Bernecker argues that Russian "koro-" is to be explained by
internal analogy in Russian from an original Slavic "kra-".

Regards,
Marius Iacomi