[FairfieldLife] Etymology of Vladimir (Putin)!
Etymology Max Vasmer in his Etymological Dictionary of Russian Language explains the name as meaning regal. Folk etymology interprets the meaning as person of the people or the one with peace on one side. This confusion is introduced by other meanings of the Slavic word Mir or Myr – peace, people/community, and the world.[2] There was no ambiguity prior to reforms of Russian orthography in 1918. The spelling of the two words was миръ (peace) and мiръ (the Universe),[3] and the name was spelled the third way, Владимѣръ,[2] of Gothic -mērs (great), meaning Great in His Power[2] (compare: Theodemir, Valamir). but Russian speakers understood and understand the meaning as Peace Rules or World Peace.
[FairfieldLife] Etymology of Vladimir
Wikipedia: Etymology Max Vasmer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Vasmer in his Etymological Dictionary of Russian Language explains the name as meaning regal. Folk etymology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_etymology interprets the meaning as person of the people or the one with peace on one side. This confusion is introduced by other meanings of the Slavic word Mir or Myr – peace, people/community, and the world.[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_%28name%29#cite_note-Vasmer-2 There was no ambiguity prior to reforms of Russian orthography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reforms_of_Russian_orthography in 1918. The spelling of the two words was миръ (peace) and мiръ (the Universe),[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_%28name%29#cite_note-UnAmbig-3 and the name was spelled the third way, Владимѣръ,[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_%28name%29#cite_note-Vasmer-2 of Gothic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_language -mērs (great), meaning Great in His Power[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_%28name%29#cite_note-Vasmer-2 (compare: Theodemir http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodemir, Valamir http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valamir). but Russian speakers understood and understand the meaning as Peace Rules or World Peace.
