Re: Slav names from *Walh-

Marius, get yourself a copy of Pokorny.

*wa(:)l- means 'strong', as in 'valiant'.


Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Slav names from *Walh-


--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:
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> At 5:23:24 PM on Wednesday, March 26, 2008, alexandru_mg3
> wrote:
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>
>
> > ... 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