Frank George Valoczy ta nugatu-r:
>> Polish _Włochy_, from an old (non-Slavonic) name applied to non-Slavic,
>> non-Germanic peoples/tribes; cf. _Walia_ 'Wales', _Wol/oszczyzna_
>> 'Vallachia'.
> Okay, so maybe the Hungarian "olasz" is related to this and to
> "ola'h"/"vlax"...?
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>> > Russia = Oroszorsza'g [orosorsa:g]
>> > Belarus = Fehe'roroszorsza'g [fehe'rorosorsa'g] (lit "white russian
>> > country")
>>
>> What are [e'] and [a']? Fast typing?
> I can't reproduce accented letters in this bloody mail prog, so I use '
> for acute accent, " for diaresis and double acute.
I guessed but I meant the pronunciation -- you wrote [e'], [a'] instead of
[e:], [a:]. By the way, can you describe me all Hungarian vowels?
>> > Poland = Lengyelorsza'g [lEnd_jElorsa:g] (from ???)
>>
>> Ancient Polish tribe _Le,dzianie_.
> Cool! I've always been curious about that.
Even the pronunciation is similar: [lEn^d_z^&n^e].
>> > Slovakia = Szlova'kia [slova:kiA] or To'torsza'g [to:torsa:g]. To't is the
>> > Hungarian name for Slovaks, origin ??
>>
>> Maybe something to do with mountains called in Polish, Slovak and Czech
>> _Tatry_.
> Hm. Maybe, but we have also the Ma'tra, and there was the Fa'tra too in
> addition to Ta'tra...
I have just seen it but what you mean? Are _tátra_, _mátra_ and _fátra_
Hungarian words or Slavonic words? I was looking for this but... _nincs
találat_. :)
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