| Word | varkida |
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| Meaning | personal name, princess |
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Old Norse: valdr
‘ruler, mighty one’ Tocharian B: walo ‘king’ |
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Name of an Amazon (ΒΑΡΚΙΔΑ) appearing on a 6th century red figure amphora. Etym. from PIE *wel- as in Tocharian walo “king, ruler,” and English weal(th). Mayor, Adrienne, John Colarusso, and David Saunders. "Making Sense of Nonsense Inscriptions Associated with Amazons and Scythians on Athenian Vases."
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