Re: CHAT: Visigoths (was: YADPT (D=Dutch))

On Wednesday, November 12, 2003, at 05:16 AM, Phillip Driscoll wrote:

> Andreas Johansson wrote:
>>
>> BTW, did _austr-_ go ninety digrees anticlock-
>> wise and at some point? Austria and Austrasia
>> must surely refer to these being _eastern_ places,
>> not southern ones. Or are they just cases of
>> superficial latinization?
>
>
> I don't know German, but isn't the German name
> for Austria _Österreich_, which means something
> like "Eastern Country"?
Yes, it is - Eastern Empire.

But 'Austria' is superficial latinization AFAIK, fairly
obviously influenced by 'Auster' in some vague, folksy way.

> I've always assumed that English _Austria_ was
> just a corruption of _Österreich_,
no, no - we're not that bad   :)

> rather than a derivation from Latin.
It's a latinization.

> P.S.  In North America, we always say, "counter-
> clockwise." The only time I've heard "anticlockwise"
> was from a math teacher who was from South Africa.
I've come across both usages in the UK - but 'anticlockwise'
is IME the more common.  'counterclockwise' has a more
"folksy" feel to it (therefore, I prefer it).

Ray
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