Re: Codename "de" (was Re: Country names in national languages)
| From: | Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 13, 2002, 5:56 |
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Ferenc Valoczy wrote:
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>On Sun, 12 May 2002, P. M. Arktayg wrote:
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> > > Italy = Italia
> >
> > Polish _W³ochy_, from an old (non-Slavonic) name applied to non-Slavic,
> > non-Germanic peoples/tribes; cf. _Walia_ 'Wales', _Wol/oszczyzna_
> > 'Vallachia'.
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>Okay, so maybe the Hungarian "olasz" is related to this and to
>"ola'h"/"vlax"...?
_Vlax_? The same as _Vlachs_, ie romance-speakers from the southern Balkans?
Andreas
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