Korochun
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Koročun or Kračun (see other variants below) is one of the names of
Names and etymology
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Max Vasmer derived the name of the holiday from the Proto-Slavic *korčunŭ, which is in turn derived from the verb *korčati, meaning to step forward.[1] Gustav Weigand, Alexandru Cihac [ro] and Alexandru Philippide offer a similar Slavic etymology, based on kratŭkŭ (curt, short) or kračati (to make steps).[2] On the other hand, Hugo Schuchardt, Vatroslav Jagić, and Luka Pintar [sl] proposed a Romanian origin of the word,[3][4][5] as does also the Romanian Etymological Dictionary,[2] tracing its roots back to the Latin creatio,-nis. However, most probably the Romanian word, as well as the Hungarian, are loanwords with Slavic roots.[6]
Religious and mythological significance
Koročun or Kračun was a pagan
It was celebrated by pagan
Modern
See also
References
- ^ a b c Max Vasmer, Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language, Корочун.
- ^ a b Romanian Etymological Dictionary, Crăciun
- ^ a b c Archiv für Slavische Philologie, 1886, Vol XI, pp. 526–7.
- ^ Archiv für Slavische Philologie, Vol II, p. 610.
- ^ a b Archiv für Slavische Philologie, 1912, Vol XXXIII, pp. 618-22.
- ISBN 9781882785094.