Re: [tied] Vilga

Aigius wrote:

> Can this be true:
>
> Lithuanian word VILKAS, meaning WOLF, > VILK > Russian word VOLK
> Lithuanian word VILNIS, meaning WAVE, > VILNA > Russian word VOLNA
> Lithuanian word VILGO, meaning TO MOISTEN, > river name Vilga >
> Russian river name Volga ?

If your question concerns the etymology of the Volga, the derivation
from the Slavic root *vIlg- 'wet' (cf. Russ. volgnut', Pol. wilgna,c'
'become wet', wilgotny 'moist', wilz.yc' 'moisten'), related to Baltic
*vilg- (both are the nil grades of *welg-, attested also in Germanic),
is indeed frequently offered by etymological dictionaries.

Piotr