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Interesting that Regina is queen in Latin and Vald is ruler in old Germanic. (Ragn apparently means judgment or advice in old Germanic.)
by eternalban 10y ago
Interesting that Regina is queen in Latin and Vald is ruler in old Germanic. (Ragn apparently means judgment or advice in old Germanic.)
- Pamar 10y agoKing in Latin is Rex (Nominative) but other cases like Genitive (Regis) drop the X in favor of a G. So R+G is the key element for King (and Queen). Also Regnum (Reign).
- braythwayt 10y agoI believe it’s all cognate with Raj, due to the influence of Sanskrit on Indo-European languages.
- eternalban 10y agoI would argue 'Rex' is closer to Avestan (old Persian) Rastar than Sanskrit Rājati. (In shared words between these two Indo-Iranian languages, Sanskrit 'j' typically is 's' in Avestan.)