From: andythewiros
Message: 66291
Date: 2010-07-11
>Does this mean that *wanðilaz was the Germanic word for "planet" of similar formation and meaning as Greek planetes? And was a "planet" thought of as different from "stars", or were they considered to be merely wandering stars? Were there any other *wanðilo:z? This is perhaps more a question for astronomy, not linguistics, but I'm curious.
> W dniu 2010-07-11 02:35, Joao S. Lopes pisze:
> >
> >
> > I don't know the dates, just that these planets were associated to these
> > deities. It'd interesting to know about Pre-Roman Slavic and Baltic
> > names of planets (if they are known)
>
> Planetary astronomy wasn't particularly well developed in these parts.
> The only planet that seems to have been consistently named in Northern
> Europe was Venus, especially in its capacity as the "morning star", and
> its names are transparently derived from the term for 'east, morning'
> (*h2aus[s]-ro-), hence also Germanic *aura-wanðilaz 'eastern wanderer' >
> OE e:arendel (the details will be laid out in my forthcoming article).
>
> Piotr
>