the two mirs

[Patrick.Seriot at SLAV.UNIL.CH]

>On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Andrij Hornjatkevyc wrote:
>...............
>snip
>...............
>> I do admit that spelling Vladimir with i-10 made it clear that he was a
>> ruler of the world and not necessarily a peaceful ruler (i-8). Ask average
>> Russians today to give the etymology of that name, and I suspect that the
>> results may be 50% for world, and 50% for peace.
>>
>I do not know the basis of your suspicion but the standard interpretation
>of "Vladimir" that they used to teach elementary and middle school
>students is from own/master the world.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Edward Dumanis <dumanis at acsu.buffalo.edu>
>
The etymology of Vladimir / Wolodimierz is the German surname Voldemar, so
Vladimir has nothing to do neither with peace nor with world. Folk
etymology is a dangerous game.
Patrick SERIOT

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