From: S & L
Message: 30099
Date: 2004-01-27
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From: Joao
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Subject: [tied] Dracula and his family
What is the meaning of Romanian personal name MIRCEA? And RADU? And BESARAB?
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Radu is probably coming from the Slav *rad [Bulgarian radost; Russian
radosti] but there exists also a Germanic *Radwulf [Radulf in Galia in the
VI century] having *rad [council, counsel].
Mircea has a Slav origin [*mir, *mer].
Basarab(a) is a Cumanic name [from BASAR, aorist of a verb meaning "to rule,
to dominate" + ABA /ie father. So, approximately, "ruling father"].
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