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Re: Velva, a nice Greek name? Kassios please lend a hand!
Well Pavlos,Actually both the Latin "vellus", "villus", (Goth. "vulla", Engl. "wool") derive from Ancient Greek (most likely Aeolic) "OYLOS"
(in Aeolic: "FOYLOS", pronounced: VOO-los) , "woolly, woollen".
(“Homeric Lexicon”, I.Pantazides, “Lexicon of the Ancient Greek language”, I. Stamatakos, also a brief entry in Liddell-Scott : http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2375830, def. III ).Now although the "KROVYLOS" etymology is obscure, it can be related to "OYLOS".
So there could be a possible relation between the above and "Velva"-"Velvet"-"Villus". And another option:
What about a relation between "Velva" as in "Aqua Velva" and the Latin word “volva”: “a wrapper, covering, integument”, (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3D%2351363) assuming that the perfume “covers” or “wraps” you with its scent?
"Until the day that an ancient inscription is found with the name "Alexandrovski" (or "Alexandrev" or "Alexandrov") written on it instead of "Alexander", true Macedonia and true Macedonians will remain Greek, as they always were."

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Aqua velva to the rescueAha! Thanks for the scholarly insight, Kassios! Oylos it is :)As far as the volva explanation -- i.e. perfume "wrapping" scents -- may I just mention in passing that volva is also the root of vulva. I shall however refrain from pursuing this any further as this is a family-oriented site :P
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LOL!!!
"Until the day that an ancient inscription is found with the name "Alexandrovski" (or "Alexandrev" or "Alexandrov") written on it instead of "Alexander", true Macedonia and true Macedonians will remain Greek, as they always were."
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Lighting one's bulb...I have a feeling that the Greek "volvos" -- from which the word "bulb" developed -- be related to the Latin "volva"/"vulva"?
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Partly right, Pavlos,
Actually the Latin "volva" - "vulva" is related to the Ancient Greek "BOLBA", while "bulb" derives from Ancient Greek "BOLBOS" (now "volvos", but then "bolbos").
"Until the day that an ancient inscription is found with the name "Alexandrovski" (or "Alexandrev" or "Alexandrov") written on it instead of "Alexander", true Macedonia and true Macedonians will remain Greek, as they always were."
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