From: Torsten
Message: 69009
Date: 2012-03-17
>Ukrainan choÅóp "serf, peasant", Belorussian cholóp, Old Russian cholopÑ, n. pl. -i, g. pl. -ej (Mosk. Urk. 16.-17. Jhdt., s. Sobolevskij Lekcii 198), Russian - Church Slavonic chlapÑ "servant, slave", Old Bulgarian chlapÑ Î´Î¿Ï ~λοÏ, ο`ικÎÏηÏ, (Supr.), Bulgarian chlápe n., chlapák "boy", Serbo-Croat hl`à p g. hl`à pa and hlâp, Slovenian hlâp "boor", Czech, Slovak chlap "fellow, farmer, man", Polish. chÅop, Upper Sorbian khÅop, khÅopc "fellow, chap", Lower Sorbian kÅopc. ||
> TORSTEN wrote:
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> Vasmer Russisches etymologisches Wörterbuch has:
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> 'xolóp, -а "servant, slave", xolopáj "servant, servile person",
>Proto-Altaic *kù:lV- "servant, slave"
> Proto-Slavic or ORussian *cholpÑ was borrowed early in Latvian kalps "farmhand, worker", s. M.-Endz. 2, 144. etc.....
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> He also previously posted the following segment:
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> Peter Heather:
> Empires and Barbarians
> pp. 565-566
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> The Arab geographers report that the Rus raided westwards for their victims, while the 'western Slavs' raided eastwards. Confirmation of this picture is provided by the distribution of the Muslim silver coins that came back north in return for all the slaves and furs.
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> ISHINAN: Actually, besides hoards of Arabic silver coins, we also have linguistic artifacts that confirm this unusual and interesting link.
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> For example, on the "slave" topic, compare the Arabic term "glb"
> which means slave and slave traffic with *xol-p, *kol-p "slave".
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> While on the topic of "fur", compare it with the Arabic term frw /
> fra' with the exact meaning.
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> To view more on the subject, click the following URL:
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> http://www.theegyptianchronicles.com/LINKS/SLAVEandFUR.html
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