[gothic-l] Re: Spanish surnames

[llama_nom]

Ooops: I meant "SLYNESS", NOT "SLY", _warei_ is the noun...


--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "llama_nom" <penterakt at f...> wrote:

> Hi Denis,
>
> This site has a big list of Spanish name-etymologies:
>
>
http://www.buenosaires.gov.ar/registrocivil/nombres/busqueda/index.php
> ?letra=a&sexo=m
>
> According to it, Alvaro means "very alert".  Slightly modifying the
> Gothic elements which they give, I'm guessing the original might
be:
> ALAWAR.  (The final -s disappears after a short vowel.)  The prefix
> ala- is found in Gothic, meaning 'all' (alamans = 'humankind'), and
> is common in names (cf. Alaric < *Alareiks).  While *war does not
> occur in the corpus, _warei_ means 'cunning' or
************************'sly'***************************************.
 It is cognate
> with English _wary_, and related words in other Germanic languages,
> meaning 'alert', 'aware', etc.
>
> Llama Nom



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