Re: Sos-

From: tgpedersen
Message: 62636
Date: 2009-01-28

>
> >> > What do you think of the River Sos
> >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sos_River
> >> > or various Sosva rivers?
> >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosva_River
> >> >
> >> ========
> >> A Sos River in Romania can hardly be Ugric,
> >> all the more so as the Hungarian cognate is aaz.
> >
> > I was wondering if the name was Uralic, not whether it was Ugric?
>
> ======
> Which Uralic languages are spoken in _Romania_, according to you ?
>
> A.
> ========

Actually I think they are extinct.
L
ehr-Spl/awin´ski provides a number of FU etymologies for rivers in
central Poland.


I just got 'Disputatationes ad montium vocabula' from the library.
Here are some article titles:

'J. Devleeschouwer, Brussel, Belgien
Uralische Spuren in Nord- und Ostgallien

H. Schall, Berlin-Adlersdorf, DDR
Ostseefinnische Spuren in Nordwestslawien

M. Broëns, Barcelone, Spanien
Arbre généalogique de "tet", "tech" et "ter",
hydronymes des Pyrénées orientales

R. Ciocan-Ivânescu et G. Ivânescu, Bucures,ti, Rumänien
Etymologie de l'hydronyme roumain Jijia [z^iz^ia]'



Torsten