Talk:Κωνσταντῖνος

Latin Loanword?
Johnny Shiz (talk) 23:00, 16 June 2016 (UTC) Johnny Shiz (talk) 23:00, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, as stated in the etymology. Why do you ask? Chuck Entz (talk) 02:03, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

WT:RFC discussion
Ancient Greek. I think most of the descendants listed are loaned or inherited directly from Latin. Another shady one is English. — Ungoliant (falai) 14:02, 29 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Both Κωνσταντῖνος and Constantinus listed "German: Konstantin" as a descendant.
 * I don't know how one could prood either of these statements, but German should have it the name from Latin. The older German spellings and  (now ) are evidences for this. In older German texts one maybe can even find the Latin names and maybe even declined the Latin way.
 * "Finnish: Konstantinus" looks like it even has the Latin ending -us, not a Greek os. I don't know how Finnish borrowed Latin and Greek words, but the entry says it's from Latin. Similary "Icelandic: Konstantínus", "Estonian: Constantinus" and "Turkish: Constantinus" (all in -us and not in -os) could be from Latin.
 * According to Gus, the English name has another etymology and is unrelated to Constantin. -Ikiaika (talk) 08:31, 17 July 2016 (UTC)


 * The vast majority of these were clearly from Latin, often explicitly noted as such in their respective entries, so I've just scrapped the list except for a few that seem like relatively secure borrowings from Greek. If sources can be found justifying any I haven't kept being there they can be re-added as appropriate. —Al-Muqanna المقنع (talk) 01:44, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

It&#39;s probably not (talk) 09:42, 19 June 2023 (UTC)