User talk:Sławobóg

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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary! Vininn126 (talk) 21:02, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Fringe theories

Slawobóg, are you cross-checking the etymologies and reconstructions which you are passing on *Sъvarogъ, *Xъrsъ, *Strybogъ, etc.? It seems like you base them solely on the idiosyncratic hypotheses of M. Łuczyński?

Note that there are some fundamental inconsistencies in his theories:

• *Strybogъ, for example, does not account for the palatalization of *-r- in Polish Strzybóg.
• Old East Slavic Сварогъ (Svarogŭ) similarly doesn't match *Sъvarogъ, although at least here one could explain the drop of -ъ- with Havlík's law.
• The derivation of *Xъrsъ from *kъrsъ also sounds dubious (both phonetically and semantically)...

Perhaps, a less biased approach towards controversial topics [such as deities' names, mythological creatures, and transcendental notions] would be more beneficial. Безименен (talk) 10:50, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

PS Is the claim in wiki:Sventovit for the "prevailing view" on *svętъ as strong, mighty your doing? Who are the "many others" that assign to this view which makes it "prevailing"? Безименен (talk) 10:59, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

@Bezimenen Polish Strzybóg is modern learned borrowing from OES, but PS *-ry- and *-ri- should be -rzy- and -rzi- in Polish so it is correct. So village Strzyboga can be used as evidence, even tho it is never used as material for etymology.

Old East Slavic Сварогъ (Svarogŭ) ultimately comes from the South Slavic language, and there is a whole scientific debate about it (Slavic translation of Greek text (Malalas' Chronicle) compares Svarog to Hephaestus). However the translation was probably added to Primary Chronicle pretty late, at a time when the yer was no longer pronounced. Most related terms (Old Polish zwarzyć, Czech svařit, Russian сва́рог (svárog, “fire”), Romanian sfarog support "fiery" etymology and it can't be explained in other way. Russian сва́рог (svárog) has also one meaning "one who goes from house to house and badmouths other people" can possible come *svarъ (“trouble, quarrel”) +‎ *-ogъ (as Bruckner stated), but that doesnt explain "fire", "forge" and "blacksmith god". There are no other etymologies possible, besides iranian which is pseudoscientific (svor- expected).

What is wrong with *Xъrsъ? K > X is 100% possible, cf: Ukrainian хохо́л (xoxól) : Slovak kochol (see *xoxolъ), Russian хлопоты (xlopoty) : Polish kłopot (from *klopotъ/*xlopotъ; see also Kashubian kłopot, chłopot, Polish cholebać, kolebać, Polish chełzać, kiełzać). This etymology is correct on phonetic side (-a- expected in Polish); it feels weird on semantic side (I gave *vetъxъ tho), but it can be explained as "waning moon". Pukanec's meaning "oak" is no better here. Again - iranian etymology is pseudoscientific and no better propositions exist.

Yes, I wrote the entire article, and when I was writting it I actually struggled to find sources that translated "svęty" as "holy", regardless of the country of origin of the author. I included all the linguistic studies (I ignored the opinions of religious scholars, etc.) that translate the word this way in the article. Łuczyński mentions such linguists who support that weird meaning: Bruckner, Unbegaun, Schlimpert, Rospond, Długosz-Kurczabowa. I found much more, e.g. Katičić, Loma; even Urbańczyk, who translates the theonym Svetovit, said: "Najbardziej może przyjęte jest znaczenie «silny i pan, bóg»"

I have been interested in Slavic theonymy and religious vocabulary for some time, and I am familiar with the various hypotheses and their proportions. Luczynski's book is decent, critically analyzing many hypotheses, although not all of them can be agreed with. I don't see any fringe theories in the entries, all of them, except for Svarog, whose etymology was explained more recently, were explained in more or less this way already in the 20th century. There are two dominant theories in the Stribog entry, and for Khors, only this one makes sense. Sławobóg (talk) 19:20, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

Do as you deem right, but note that inevitably you'll meet further critique down the road. When there are a ton of contradicting hypotheses, the usual scholastic treatment is to juxtapose them, not to intrude the most recent one and to label the rest "past views". And btw, in case you've never come across Lithuanian šveñtas, Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀 (spəṇta), Sanskrit शुन (śuna), check their meanings and etymologies. Безименен (talk) 20:17, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

@Bezimenen some ideas are objectively better than others. E.g. the Iranian etymology of Svarog is completely nonscientific - Trubachev was aware of this, but as no one at the time had succeeded in creating a good Slavic etymology, the Iranian etymology was accepted. Same with Khors or Stribog. Perun's etymology is still complicated, however.

As for the word svęty, I don't think you understand how Wikipedia works: what is written there are not my views, but the views contained in books, Wikipedia requires strict use of sources. That a large number of researchers recognize the influence of Christianity I was able to confirm independently. I know the etymology of the word and do not agree with such an opinion, but I can not push it on Wikipedia, even when it is objectively correct. Sławobóg (talk) 20:49, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

K. Безименен (talk) 21:27, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

Recent change of *vьs'ь -> *vьxъ

Have you discussed this change with anybody? This is inconsistent with the currently established practices of Wiktionary. Безименен (talk) 20:12, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

@Bezimenen Wiktionary:Requests_for_verification/Non-English#Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьśь. Sławobóg (talk) 20:18, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Ok, so you haven't 👍 Безименен (talk) 22:53, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Not my fault noone responded to what I said. 😉 Sławobóg (talk) 23:05, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Amateur!

I have no idea where your self-confidence comes from. You lack elementary knowledge even on the most basic topics in historical linguistics. I won't bother anymore double-checking nonsense that you add, because you are either too lazy or too ignorant to crosscheck. Безименен (talk) 21:16, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

What are you talking about? Sławobóg (talk) 21:26, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Proto-Slavic *dupl̥ce, *stьkl̥ce, *vesl̥ce, *rebr̥ce, *vědr̥ce, *stegn̥ce

Hi Sławobóg. It looks like these entries are not made in the way that is accepted on Wiktionary. Maybe they need to be normalized? ZomBear (talk) 16:59, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

@ZomBear yes, these should be moved to proper pagenames (r̥ > ъr, l̥ > ъl, stegn̥ce > stegnьce). But I think usage ⟨r̥⟩, ⟨ŕ̥⟩, ⟨l̥⟩, ⟨ĺ̥⟩ is more correct spelling. Sławobóg (talk) 16:38, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

@ZomBear: The correct reconstruction in all of these cases should be with *-Rьce, not *-ъR-. Sławobóg does not have formal education in linguistics, so you should not consult with him on such subtle issues. Безименен (talk) 12:10, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

@ZomBear Exceptionally he is right here, I didn't really look at the wordsword. So there are two errors in the title in the transcript (r̥ < ъr and ŕ̥ < ьr). Looks like all these words are not even Proto-Slavic and should be removed, unless we find more evidence for them. Sławobóg (talk) 13:39, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

@Sławobóg:: The vocalic sonorants, which you are referring to, are Slawski's notation. They reflect PIE -R̥-. The given examples reflect the late outcome of resonant + yer (-Rь/ъ- > -R̥-). Stop pretending to be an expert on topics which you don't understand. You're only causing more confusion.

Well I didn't know what the author had in mind, I thought it is some weird way to write syllabic consonant, I didn't see that notation before for rь/ъ / lь/ъ. Gnosandes loves to make up rules. Idk what to do with these, they look Post-PS. Sławobóg (talk) 15:19, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Reference templates

Hi @Sławobóg. I put in order (made beautifully) the templates {{R:cu:ESJS|||}} and {{R:pox:SejDp|||}}. Do you have issues #16-19 of the dictionary "Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského"? In PDF or DjVu format? Or are they on paper? You just know their titles from somewhere (sьde – trъtъ; trь – větъ; větъ – zakonъ; zakonъ – žьzlъ). ZomBear (talk) 02:06, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

@ZomBear no, I don't have other volumes. I got them from https://ujc.avcr.cz/o-ustavu/oddeleni/etymologicke-oddeleni/etymologicky-slovnik-jazyka-staroslovenskeho.html. Sławobóg (talk) 15:33, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

@Sławobóg Yes, I also saw this site. But that site does not list "word spacing" in issues of this dictionary. Did you know them somehow... ZomBear (talk) 02:11, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

@ZomBear I don't remember exact source but you can check it here. Sławobóg (talk) 09:48, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

@Sławobóg yes, looks like this is it. ZomBear (talk) 10:29, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

Again with your absolutism

I have no idea what's your obsession to make absolute statements. The suffix *-janinъ is clearly not limited to geographical/territorial terms. If you are not happy with *mъlvěninъ, *dvorěninъ, there are also *ľuděninъ, *pъlčaninъ, *kričaninъ, *tъržaninъ, *běžaninъ, *stopaninъ... I'm sick and tired of you incompetence. Безименен (talk) 12:21, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

• Alleged *ľuďaninъ/*ľuděninъ is attested only in Church-Slavic/East Slavic (XVII cent.), definitely not Proto-Slavic word, Church Slavonic neologism
• Alleged *běžaninъ is attested in ORV only and it's suffixed with *-inъ
• Alleged stopaninъ... didn't exist, there is no Old Church Slavonic стопанъ (stopanŭ) (if there is, give primary source), theres only Bulgarian and Serbo-Croat dialectal стопанин and Macedonian/Serbo-Croat стопан, probably not even Slavic word
• Can't find *pъlčaninъ, *kričaninъ, *tъržaninъ which is weird, ESSJa should have something on *kričaninъ because they make up Proto-Slavic reconstructions for almost every Slavic word there is. Just like you. Thanks for wasting my time by making shit up, @Bezimenen. Sławobóg (talk) 13:29, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Sławobóg (talk) 13:29, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

@Sławobóg: Let me give you an advice on not wasting your time next time. Just say you refuse to acknowledge any refutation or counter-example to your POV. Basically, every argument you make can be summarized with this maxim.

PS For the abovementioned examples, check Трубачев (1980). PS2 When discussing the function of a productive suffix, it doesn't matter when a derivative is attested.

I don't see any of these reconstructions there, only some ORV words and as I mentioned before, бҍжанинъ is not derived from verb. Talked suffixes have close or exact Baltic cognates and these are from geographical nouns only. If for you every Slavic word has Proto-Slavic origin, then do not touch this language. ESSJa under Trubachyov pushed a lot of errors, a lot of them fixed by SP, and the fact that this suffix is added only to geographic names was stated by Sławski and Vasmer. Bye. Sławobóg (talk) 15:02, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

I asked OpenGPT to translate your reply in Simple English. It returned: "I refuse to acknowledge any refutation or counter-example to my POV". 2A00:23C7:9C97:8201:45A2:B749:36B6:BA45 16:12, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

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Slavic terms from West Germanic

Is there some reason why you believe terms like Proto-Slavic *mosędzь can't be borrowed from West Germanic? -- Sokkjō 18:17, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

@Sokkjo terms which are of West Germanic origin always enter Proto-Slavic via Old High German and less often/less likely Old Saxon, not Proto-West Germanic. This is the traditional and common view of etymologists of Slavic languages. Sławobóg (talk) 18:27, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

My Germanic sources disagree, like {{R:goh:EWA|messing|pages=362-363|passage=gemeinslaw. *mosędzь < westgerm. *mas(s)ing-}}, in this example, where PG /a/ → PS /o/ must have occurred in the Proto-West Germanic stage, before i-umault. Proto-Slavic is also contemporaneous to West-Germanic, both ending around the 6th century. -- Sokkjō 18:46, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

@Sokkjo /a/ changing to /o/ is normal in Proto-Slavic. And source you mentioned says West Germanic, not Proto-West Germanic, this is how I see it. Slavic dictionaries are priority to us. Sławobóg (talk) 18:55, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

You misunderstand. I'm well aware of the P(B)S o/a-merger. What I'm saying is by the time of Old West Germanic languages, like Old High German, /a/ it has become /e/ through i-umlaut, which would have rendered PS **mesędzь. Seeing as that is not the case, the borrowing had to have occurred during the Proto-West Germanic period. -- Sokkjō 19:02, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Pinging @ZomBear. -- Sokkjō 19:03, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

@Sokkjo Maybe it's worth discussing, whenever we should treat OHG borrowings (or some of them) as actually PWG borrowings? When was "Proto-West Germanic" language proposed and accepted? I think it's pretty new and during the writing of the dictionaries this language was not taken into account. If other users are in favor of it, I don't mind. Sławobóg (talk) 20:14, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

@Sokkjo Ukrainian 1 and Belarusian 2 etymological dictionaries, which I looked at, indicate that this word is allegedly borrowed from Old High German massing. But as I see, there was no such form of the word in OHG. It seems that these dictionaries (published in the 1990s-2000s) simply did not yet know the term "Proto-West Germanic". It seems better to indicate that it came from Proto-West Germanic *massing. ZomBear (talk) 22:58, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

It does stand to reason that Slavic etymologies would be behind in Germanic linguistics, using OHG has a catch-all for borrowed terms. Given modern understanding, PWG seems a more chronologically plausible borrowing source. -- Sokkjō 06:26, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

<tag:...> inline modifier and tag= param

Hi, I notice you've been using the |tag= param and/or <tag:...> inline modifier in {{syn}}, {{ant}} and/or {{desc}}. These are changing to be |lb= and <lb:...> now that dialect tags have been unified with labels; the values of these parameters are handled just like labels in the {{lb}} template. Benwing2 (talk) 20:44, 16 April 2024 (UTC)