On Wed, 12 Apr 2000 20:43:41 +0200 BP Jonsson <bpj@...> writes:
> 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:
> >
> >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
.
All i can think of is _elisheva`_, which means something like "my god
swears/has_sworn/will_swear" from what i can tell.
-Stephen (Steg)
"do not fear night-terrors, nor arrows that fly by day."