From: Petusek
Message: 35376
Date: 2004-12-07
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From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 2:29 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: Hung. var-oS [Re: tsarca--s^árka]
>
>
> > George, a great example, Budvar is an acronym of "Bude^jovicky'
> pivovar",
> > i.e. "The Bude^jovice Brewery", where "pivo-" means "beer"
> and "var" means
> > "to boil" (< IE *wer- , as I've metioned), i.e. also "to brew".
>
>
> It doesn't mean 'beer fortress'?? I am much disappointed.
>
> Torsten
Torsten, I'm sorry for thelling you the truth. But still, the founders might
have intended the name as a play on words, so who knows? :-)))
Petusek