[gothic-l] Re: Valdemir

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, Abrigon Gusiq <abrigon at y...> wrote:
> Could it also have some relation to Vlad in Romania and like places?
>
> Valad and Vlad are not that far apart or are they? What then is Mir?
> Glass or ... sorry, just asking amateur questions, so please
forgive.
>
> Mike



Hi,

the name Waldemar/Woldemar is of Old High German origin and means:
Waltan - to rule, and -mari - famous. The Russian name Vladimir is
possibly a direct translation. Vladi - (vladenyi - influence, power)
like in Vladikavkas or Vladivostok, meaning ruler of the caucasus or
the east. 'Mir' is possibly just taken from  German 'mar', which was
also rendered as 'mir' occationally in German. E.g. in Gelimir,
Vidimir etc.. Alternatively, it may have adopted a slavic meaning for
mir = peace and world.

cheers
Dirk







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