Sino-nymic (was Re: Haiku & Toponymics)

[Manie Lombard]

Here is a nice site explaining the etymologies of country names, though some 
explanations seem to be outdated or simply wrong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_name_etymologies
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymologische_Liste_der_L%C3%A4ndernamen

Greetings


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guenther Ramm" <ualarauans at yahoo.com>
To: <gothic-l at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [gothic-l] Sino-nymic (was Re: Haiku & Toponymics)




Manie Lombard <manielombard at chello.at> wrote:  ...I abhor the idea of 
calling Zimbabwe
after that jingoist Rhodes!!! Shock! Lieber den ausdruck Zimbabwe
("steinerne Burgen/Häuser") ins Gotische übersetzen.


  - OK, I'll have it changed to *Stainagardi F. -jo (Gen. -gardjos after 
thiudangardi). Are Zambia and Mozambique of the same stock? Is it Bantoo?
  - What could be Gothic for "jingoist"? I'd think of smth like 
*aljahatja(nds) or *gastifijands (if it's roughly the same as chauvinist or 
xenophobe). An opposite could be then *gastifrijonds "a person friendly to 
immigrants or advocating their rights".
  Ualarauans

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