Re: [tied] Re: Albanian valle 'circular dance' - Proto-Albanian for

On 04-11-19 09:55, g wrote:

> Anyway, the Romanian dictionary isn't heedless of derivations and
> transformation rules (such as the disappearance of the [h]), so that it
> links Romanian <horã> to Bulgarian <horo> and this one to *Neo*greek
> <horos>.

Also Russ. xoro-vod, Pol. koro-wód, and I suspect many other forms of
chorea performed by a circular chain of dancers.

> [BTW: can anyone tell me wether neoGreek <khoriatiki>
> "peasant" or "country salad" (if I ain't wrong) is etymologically also
> linked to those ancient words describing circular things?]

No. It comes from <kHo:rion> (with an omega, synonymous with <kHo:ros>
and <kHo:ra:>) 'place, spot, district', hence 'village, taxable
administrative unit' (as in Byzantine times), so it's literally a
"village salad". A different root.

> [NB: It has been maintained by Israelis emigrated from Romania that it
> was they who once brought <hora> to Palestine/Israel. Even if this
> might be only an urban legend (I don't know), noteworthy: 'klezmer'
> music has strong links to Romanian folklore (esp. from Moldavia and
> Maramure$), a fact acknowledged and underlined by various klezmer
> combos, incl. US ones.]

Either this, or from Turkish, perhaps.

Piotr