Re: Codename "de" (was Re: Country names in national languages)
| From: | Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, May 12, 2002, 20:16 |
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On Sun, 12 May 2002, P. M. Arktayg wrote:
> > Italy = Italia
>
> Polish _W³ochy_, 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"...?
> > 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.
>
> > Poland = Lengyelorsza'g [lEnd_jElorsa:g] (from ???)
>
> Ancient Polish tribe _Le,dzianie_.
>
Cool! I've always been curious about that.
> > 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...
---ferko
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