Talk:Ostarrîchi
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[edit] Latin translation
Can't someone translate the Latin text into English? 惑乱 分からん 14:19, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ostmark
There is another article of Ostmark mentioning the similar contents with this article. It should be combine to this. --QBay 05:00, 12 September 2006 (UTC) Sorry, misunderstand --QBay 05:15, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] slavonic origin
The article says:
- There is, however, good reason to believe that the term Ostarrîchi is taken from the local (Slavonic) expression 'Ostarik' meaning 'pointed hill', taking its popular meaning of 'Eastern realm' at a much later time.
This is the first time I see this etymology. I find it highly interesting, but we need a source for this claim. What was the "local language" at the time? --Austrian (talk) 14:08, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
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- The origin of this slavonic hypothesis is professor Otto Kronsteiner from the Slavistics Institute of the University of Salzburg. He published it in the year 1996, when the official Austria was celebrating its 1000 year of existance. See the german article and its very long discussion for details. --El bes (talk) 17:41, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
I see, so I am not a guy from the East (Ost-rian), but rather a guy with a pointed head (Ostri-an)... At least if professor Kronsteiner is right. But we should make it clear that this is not the mainstream opinion. --Austrian (talk) 16:20, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
