Re: NATLANG: Colours

Yes, I think that Russian "krasnyj" (red) and
"krasivyj" (beautiful), "krasota" (beauty) were
related in the past, at least I have read something
like that somewhere...

--- Tommie L Powell <tommiepowell@...> wrote:
> Nick Taylor wrote:
> > Yet, in very many language, _red_ translates
> literally as
> > _blood-color_
>
> In the movie, "Closely Watched Trains," a Russian
> soldier
> and Czech boy became friends and tried to teach
> their
> languages to each other.  They had a book with
> pictures
> of flags.  The soldier pointed to the Russian flag
> and said
> (in Russian), "Our flag is red."  Then the boy
> pointed to
> the Czechoslovak flag and said (in Czech), "No! Our
> flag
> is beautiful!"  The basis of that argument was that
> the
> Russian word for "red" was the same as the Czech
> word
> for "beautiful."  So my guess is that, at some time
> in the
> very distant past, red epitomized beauty to the
Slavs.


=====
Philippe Caquant

"High thoughts must have high language." (Aristophanes, Frogs)


	
		
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