: zireael07 (zireael07) wrote in linguaphiles,
2012-04-27 17:36:00

zireael07
zireael07
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2012-04-27 17:36:00

Dwarves vs. Elves

I noticed yesterday evening, on my way home, that the Polish word for dwarf is 'krasnolud'. 'Krasny' being an old-fashioned word for 'beautiful', which come to Polish from Russian and 'lud' meaning folk. Thus, dwarf 'krasnolud' = 'beaufiful folk-man' and dwarfs/dwarves 'krasnoludy' = 'beautiful folk-men'.
Well, elves are 'elfy/elfowie' (most often the first and not the second) in Polish, or 'Piękny Lud' = Fair Folk. Thus, dwarf = elf!

What do you think?

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