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Author: Peter
Date: 2005-09-10 17:04:34
Subject: Re: Etymology of a Gothic name
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
> Can anybody direct me to or suggest the etymology of the Gothic name Valamer (perhaps version: Valamir; Githic king of Pannonia, middle of the 5th ctntury)?
mer/mir "famous"
? wala- "the slain" (men killed on the battlefield)
? walha- "foreign (especially Celtic or Roman)" = OE wealh
http://www.koeblergerhard.de/gotwbhin.html
See Anhang 3 "Wörterbuch der gotischen Namen", as well as the main dictionary.
Peter
| Messages in this thread | Name | College/University | Date |
| Etymology of a Gothic name | Savely Senderovich | Cornell University | 2005-08-22 20:12:50 |
| Re: Etymology of a Gothic name | Peter | 2005-09-10 17:04:34 | |
| Re: Etymology of a Gothic name | Victar Mas | 2005-09-12 19:56:43 | |
| Re: Etymology of a Gothic name | Peter | 2005-09-15 16:23:38 | |
| Re: Etymology of a Gothic name | Victar Mas | 2005-09-15 21:07:35 | |
| Re: Etymology of a Gothic name | Victar Mas | 2005-09-16 16:23:38 | |
| Re: Etymology of a Gothic name | Peter | 2005-09-17 17:32:30 |