Re: Hung. var-oS [Re: tsarca--s^árka]

>> And also in "Karlovy Vary". :-)
>>
>> P.A.
>
> "vary", in my opinion, must be of the same origin as "var^it",
> "vr^i't" (to
> boil) < IE *wer- "to burn, to be hot" etc., since this place is a
> famous
> (geothermal) spa, moreover, its German form is Carlsbad from which it
> must
> be clear what the second word means. Only that you claimed there was a
> semantic link between "burn, be hot" (boil) on the one side, and what
> you
> think Hung. "var" denotes, and gave me some supporting arguments,
> would I
> agree and accept your thought.

"hot, fervent, fervid, boiling, scalding, burning, sweltering" & al.
are covered in Hung. by the verb <forr> [for] and its reflexes, esp.
<forró> ['foro:], e.g. <forró víz> ['foro: vi:z] "hot water". "Bath;
spa": <fürdõ> or <füred> e.g. Balatonfüred. [So, a curious coincidence:
vVr- vs. fVr-. But I've got no idea whether this is or isn't relevant
at all.]

> As for Hostivar^,

How about Budvar? (In Ceske Budejovice.) (There are some var-containing
toponyms in former Yugoslavia as well, but none occurs to my mind.)

> Petusek

George