Talk:Western Bug
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Does anyone know anything about the etymology of the name? Slavic?
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- Both Slavic and Indo-European, I believe. The Indo-European and early-Slavic root bug- is clearly related to water and found its place into modern words of burzyć się (effervesce, seethe) and burza (tempest, storm) in modern Polish. Until recently it was visible in other words like bug meaning river curve or swamp as well as bugaj meaning a slow stream.
According to Gołąb the original Pre-Indo-European root was *bhuogos and had the meaning of river curve. He also cites that the name was also adopted by the Germans into *beugan,baug,bugans - to bend and then by the Goths as biuganHalibutt 06:37, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
- When in doubt check Vasmer: here. --Ghirlandajo 09:25, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
