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Re: Golda and Goldie

by Miranda (Randee15)

2/17/2005, 5:17 PM

in reply to a message by Miss Claire

I like Golda, but Goldie is too nny for me.

Golda was also a medieval name: http://snipurl.com/cva1.

EDIT: Fixed hyperlinking.

Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett

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- Miss Claire +2

2/17/2005, 6:16 PM

Interesting! This link: http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/levy/golda.html indeed shows Golda as a medieval name for Jews too.

~~ Claire ~~

- Miranda (Randee15) +1

2/17/2005, 6:20 PM

Question: The non-Jewish Golda is derived from Old English gold "gold". Do you think that the Yiddish Golda could be connected to the Old English Golda?

Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett

- Miss Claire

2/17/2005, 7:25 PM

It's very possible, since Old English and Old German are (if I'm not mistaken) connected too. The Yiddish name Golda is translated as Zahava ("golden") in Hebrew.

Although most words in Yiddish come from Old German and Hebrew, there are some things that are close to French, Italian, or even English ("woe is me" / "wei is mir").

~~ Claire ~~

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