From: tgpedersen
Message: 56053
Date: 2008-03-27
>What do you mean by '*wal-[h-] (< *Vlach]'? That Germanic borrowed the
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@> wrote:
> >
> > At 5:23:24 PM on Wednesday, March 26, 2008, alexandru_mg3
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > ... and if you will go further Vallachia is finally linked
> > > with Walhalla - the great hall in Norse mythology where
> > > heroes slain in battle are received
> >
> > > http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/valhalla
> >
> > The etymological information at that very site shows that
> > there's no connection.
> >
> > Brian
>
> Why?
>
> 1. If the root is *welh2- 'to wound' in Wal-[halla]
>
> 2. Why *wal-[h-] (< *Vlach] cannot have a meaning somewhere
> between 'deadly enemy' to 'prisoner'?
>
> Marius