[gothic-l] Re: gothic traces in the east?

[keth at ONLINE.NO]

Francisc Czobor wrote:

>There are no "Romano-Vlach-Albanian semi-nomads". "Vlach" is an old,
>mediaeval Slavic name for Romanians - both North-Danubian Romanians
>(Daco-Romanians) and South-Danubian Romanians (Macedo-Romanians,
>Megleno-Romanians, Istro-Romanians and the extinct Maurovlachoi).
>The Slavs used this name initially for Romans generally, later it was
>restricted to the Romance speaking neighbors of the Slavs - Romanians
>or Italians. The Albanians are different from the Romanians (Vlachs),
>although their languages share a common Thracian substratum.
>

I am totally unfamiliar with these languages.
But it occurred to me that the word VLACH is similar in some ways
to the German word "Welsch". Could there be a connection?
(like in Kauder-Welsch = incomprehensible gibberish)
Also, in Switzerland there is Kanton Wallis.

Hope you can elucidate some of this.

Best regards
Keth



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