Petro?

[imwitty]

Yea, I know. But I studied the Greek mythology in Russian, therefore my
spelling of her name is a little bit different... (;'-))))


On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
wrote:

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> On Jun 6, 2014, at 8:30 PM, imwitty wrote:
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> > I don't have here any Ukrainian textbooks and dictionaries, but from the
> > top of my head, I can give you two more male Ukrainian names with the
> same
> > pattern of stress: Pavlo (Paul), and Dmitro (the closest analog is
> > Demetrius from Greek "loving the earth" -- remember that Greek deity
> > Demetra?)
>
> (Demeter, Persephone's mom.)
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> >
> > With such interest in Ukrainian you probably might find some classes?
> > (;'-)))
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 4:12 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> Yes, that's all very fascinating. Now focus:  What's the etymology of
> >> <<Petro>>?  Why is it pronounced [peh-TROH]?  Are there other Ukrainian
> >> imyeni like it, with final stressed [-o]?  Baby steps. I'm sure we'll
> get
> >> there. Some day.
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