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--- Padraic Brown skrzypszy: > > > > Wenedyk: "Weso£ej nacitacy i fieliczu nowu > > > > aniu!" The pronunciation, more or less: [vE"sOwEj nat_s\i"tat_sI i f_je"lit_Su "nOvu "aJu] > > "Wesó£" is straighty borrowed from Polish. > > What's the etymology? I don't know exactly. Unfortunately, over the years I had gathered a nice list of Common Slavic roots, but not-so-long-ago I accidentally deleted it. There must be a back-up somewhere, but I haven't found it yet. I guess the Common Slavic form must be *veselU (the longer form being *veselUjI), hence the Romanian form "vesel". But I have no idea from what Indo-European root it derives. > > What is a wassail? > > It's a toast used, particularly at this time of > year, when drinking to someones health. Well, that makes sense! Jan ===== "Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com