E. ring & R. zven-/zvon-

[Paul B. Gallagher]

J.W. wrote:

> Ottawa (Canada) Thursday 21/10/04 00h00 EDT
>
> Philologists!  Linguists!
> (if I may echo a salutation from a recent posting)
>
> Does anybody know if there is any kind of parallel connection between
> (a) "ring" (kol'tso) - "ring" (zvenet'/zvonit') - "ring" (zvon/zvonok)
> on the one hand and
> (b) "zveno" (odno iz kolets tsepi) - "zvenet'/zvonit'" - "zvon/zvonok"
> on the other?
>
> If so, could you please explain the historical connection in each case?
>
> With thanks in advance,
>
> John Woodsworth
> Slavic Research Group at the University of Ottawa

Hits from Vasmer's Etymological Dictionary online:

zven-
<http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=%2Fusr%2Flocal%2Fshare%2Fstarling%2Fmorpho&morpho=1&basename=%5Cusr%5Clocal%5Cshare%5Cstarling%5Cmorpho%5Cvasmer%5Cvasmer&first=1&sort=word&text_word=&method_word=substring&text_general=&method_general=substring&text_origin=&method_origin=substring&text_trubachev=&method_trubachev=substring&text_editorial=&method_editorial=substring&text_pages=&method_pages=substring&text_any=zven&method_any=substring>

zvon-
<http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=%2Fusr%2Flocal%2Fshare%2Fstarling%2Fmorpho&morpho=1&basename=%5Cusr%5Clocal%5Cshare%5Cstarling%5Cmorpho%5Cvasmer%5Cvasmer&first=1&sort=word&text_word=&method_word=substring&text_general=&method_general=substring&text_origin=&method_origin=substring&text_trubachev=&method_trubachev=substring&text_editorial=&method_editorial=substring&text_pages=&method_pages=substring&text_any=zvon&method_any=substring>

I don't see anything here that suggests a link to En "ring."

Approaching from the other side, Vasmer compares En "ring" (кольцо) to
Ru "круг" and "кряж," and En "ring" (звенеть) to Ru "крякать" (Sl кр-
corresponds to OE hr- and Modern En r- with loss of the initial h-):
<http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=%2Fusr%2Flocal%2Fshare%2Fstarling%2Fmorpho&morpho=1&basename=%5Cusr%5Clocal%5Cshare%5Cstarling%5Cmorpho%5Cvasmer%5Cvasmer&first=1&sort=word&text_word=&method_word=substring&text_general=&method_general=substring&text_origin=&method_origin=substring&text_trubachev=&method_trubachev=substring&text_editorial=&method_editorial=substring&text_pages=&method_pages=substring&text_any=ring&method_any=substring>

Enter your own search:
<http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/query.cgi?root=/usr/local/share/starling/morpho&morpho=1&basename=\usr\local\share\starling\morpho\vasmer\vasmer>

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Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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