From: Piotr Gasiorowski Message: 64466 Date: 2009-07-29
On 2009-07-29 15:19, Rick McCallister wrote:
> One of the early tsars was a certain Sviatopolk -- I suppose sviato
> ="light, holy, vel sim" but -polk?
Tiis particular <ia> reflects the PSl. nasal vowel *eN, as in *sveNtU
'holy, sacred; strong' (not *e^, as in *sve^tU 'light'). The original
form of the name was *sveNto-pUlkU '(having a) strong cohort' (or the like).