Etymological inquiry

[ualarauans]

Hails, Garazdans!
May I ask some questions? I guess they have been already answered 
long ago, simply I "overslept" it:), so don't attack me for being 
out of date please, OK?
1.	Is gistradagis "tomorrow" really "tomorrow" and not an error 
of the interpreter (just confused Greek "tomorrow" and "yesterday" 
perhaps)? What do those of authority say?
2.	Is the verb slawan "to keep silent" in some way connected 
with the name of Slavs? Typologically we have Common Slavic 
němücü "German", literally "a dumb person" > "a person not able to 
speak (a Slavic idiom) > "a foreigner" > 
 Here we could have a 
reverse semantic development: "to behave like a Slav" > (in 
particular) "not to speak Gothic" > (in general) "not to speak at 
all". Köbler says "Etymologie dunkel".
3.	Is the word to be reconstructed for "America" something 
like "Amalareiki", i.e. regnum Amalorum (are there living Amals over 
there:))? Or, if Amerigo < *Albareiks (don't remember where I heard 
this), then "Albareiki"?
Thanks
Ualarauans







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