Re: Taurisci and Przeworsk

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:55:47 -0400, "Brian M. Scott"
<BMScott@...> wrote:

>At 4:28:37 PM on Sunday, March 23, 2008, tgpedersen wrote:
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>> BTW, my story can accomodate some more facts: PGerm.
>> *kuningas is "king" in Germanic, but "prince" in Slavic.
>
>I don't see anything to accommodate. PGmc. *kuningaz isn't
>'king' as we normally understand the word; as I understand
>it, it's closer to 'tribal chieftain', with a bit of 'war
>leader' and 'priest' thrown in. Vasmer glosses Old Slavic
><kUnje,dzI> with Gk. <he:gemó:n>, <árkho:n>, <basileús>, and
><kóme:s>, apparently citing something abbreviated 'Supr.'.

That's the Codex Suprasliensis, one of the most important
OCS manuscripts.

Pol. ksia,dz and Cz. knêz mean "(Catholic) priest".

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