[gothic-l] Re: Name origin and meaning

[sverre_johnsen at HOTMAIL.COM]

>Unlike Gothic, the Icelandic language is not 
>contaminated by 
>other languages.  Even Icelandic scientific language has remained 
>entirely 
>Germanic in its vocabulary and syntax.

"Entirely"? Icelandic have some words of non-germanic origin, like 
"bíl" (bílur?) for "car".

Sverre


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