Re: Same name (was Re: Brithenig-heads)
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, April 12, 2000, 18:43 |
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At 11:16 12.4.2000 -0500, Matt Pearson wrote:
>Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> >Names seem to be subject to largely random changes, especially in forms
> >that originate as nicknames. Margaret, for instance, has given us
> >Maggie and Marge (pretty simple changes), as well as Peggy. Apparently
> >a change from "a" to "e", and a denasalization/devoicing.
>
>Probably these changes happened in stages:
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>Margaret > Maggie > Meg > Peg > Peggy
>
>Matt.
Would anyone (read: Steg :-) know the original form & meaning of
Elizabeth. IIRC its Russian counterpart has /s/, not /z/. True?
/BP
B.Philip Jonsson <mailto:bpj@...>bpj@netg.se
<mailto:melroch@...>melroch@my-deja.com
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