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What's the source for the meaning of Casimir given in the database?
Bear and one anonymous commenter seem to have a more credible (to me) idea of what it could mean.
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/view.php?id=3769292&board=baby
http://www.behindthename.com/comment/search.php?terms=casimir
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With apologies to Bear for the spotlight, but it just seems so much more probable to me that the name is would mean something about ruler + peace, rather than destroy + peace. If it definitely means destroy + peace, I'm thinking, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and extraordinary is always interesting.
- mirfak
Bear and one anonymous commenter seem to have a more credible (to me) idea of what it could mean.
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/view.php?id=3769292&board=baby
http://www.behindthename.com/comment/search.php?terms=casimir
(filter by meaning/history)
With apologies to Bear for the spotlight, but it just seems so much more probable to me that the name is would mean something about ruler + peace, rather than destroy + peace. If it definitely means destroy + peace, I'm thinking, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and extraordinary is always interesting.
- mirfak
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"Kazit" indeed means "to spoil, to corrupt" in Czech (the -ti ending of verbs used to be used, but it is now considered archaic). Nowadays.
But then there's the legend of the three pincesses Kazi, Teta and Libuše, and I have a feeling a princess would not be called by a name that means something bad... So maybe there used to be an old Slavic word, that was transcribed as "Casi" in Latinised texts (as "Kazi" comes from Latinised "Casi" in the Kosmas chronicles, the first text where the legend was written down).
But then there's the legend of the three pincesses Kazi, Teta and Libuše, and I have a feeling a princess would not be called by a name that means something bad... So maybe there used to be an old Slavic word, that was transcribed as "Casi" in Latinised texts (as "Kazi" comes from Latinised "Casi" in the Kosmas chronicles, the first text where the legend was written down).
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I looked up Kazimir in my Slavic name book and the particle 'kazi, kaziti' is given as 'destroy'.
I guess the idea is that the name means 'destroyer of peace', making it a fitting name for a warrior or a conqueror.
ETA: I did some more digging and while 'kaziti' is no longer used in Croatian, it's a normal word in Slovenian and an on-line Slo-Eng dictionary gave the meanings as: to spoil, to mar, to blight.
I guess the idea is that the name means 'destroyer of peace', making it a fitting name for a warrior or a conqueror.
ETA: I did some more digging and while 'kaziti' is no longer used in Croatian, it's a normal word in Slovenian and an on-line Slo-Eng dictionary gave the meanings as: to spoil, to mar, to blight.
This message was edited 2/10/2010, 6:43 PM
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