medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 14:29:44 -0400
From: "Juris G. Lidaka" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: INQUIRY: FIERY SWORDS: KHARALUG
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You might get an answer on Medtextl, where several experienced
linguists hang out, and if you could confirm a transcription of the Old
Slavic spelling it would help.
I checked the two modern Russian dictionaries on my shelf and they
had no entry at all. Some time with Pokorny's _Indogermanisches
etymologisches Wo"rterbuch_ indicated that many roots like leuk, leukh,
leug, and the ilk retained the initial l- in Old Church Slavonic & more
modern Russian, but the latter consonant seemed to become more fronted and
more of a fricative, so more like lez, lezh, lech, and so forth. For
example, the IE root that became Latin lux, lucis corresponds to Russian
luch. Lug itself in modern Russian means meadow, of course.
Pokorny doesn't seem to distinguish between k & kh, but khara
could have the IE root kar- there, which has to do with abusing
(verbal), punishing, or quarreling. Sorry, but I have no slavic
etymological works.
Juris
Juris G. Lidaka
Department of English
West Virginia State College
PO Box 1000
Institute, WV 25112-1000
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