[gothic-l] Re: gothic traces in the east?

[bertil]

Den 26 Jan 2001 skrev sig:

> From Sweden a "me too":
> 
> There is a Swedish adjective "välsk" meaning the same thing,
> having the same etymology.
> 
> Seigmundr
> 
> Fritscher wrote:
> > 
> > There is a connection between the Slavic 'Vlach' and the English
> > 'Welch'.
> > It is related to the Germanic word for foreign or foreigner.
> > 
> > For example:
> > 
> > 'Wealh' is the Old English word meaning foreigner.
> > 
> > The Slavs probably referred to the Romanians as 'foreigners' since they
> > spoke a non-Slavic language.
> > 
> > -Carl
> > 
> > On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 keth at online.no wrote:
> > 
> > > Francisc Czobor wrote:
> > >
> > > >There are no "Romano-Vlach-Albanian semi-nomads". "Vlach" is an old,
> > > >mediaeval Slavic name for Romanians - both North-Danubian Romanians
> > > >(Daco-Romanians) and South-Danubian Romanians (Macedo-Romanians,
> > > >Megleno-Romanians, Istro-Romanians and the extinct Maurovlachoi).
> > > >The Slavs used this name initially for Romans generally, later it was
> > > >restricted to the Romance speaking neighbors of the Slavs - Romanians
> > > >or Italians. The Albanians are different from the Romanians (Vlachs),
> > > >although their languages share a common Thracian substratum.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I am totally unfamiliar with these languages.
> > > But it occurred to me that the word VLACH is similar in some ways
> > > to the German word "Welsch". Could there be a connection?
> > > (like in Kauder-Welsch = incomprehensible gibberish)
> > > Also, in Switzerland there is Kanton Wallis.
> > >
> > > Hope you can elucidate some of this.
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > > Keth
> > >
> > >
> > >
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