[gothic-l] Re: Name origin and meaning

[jdm314 at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 6/2/00 12:11:37 PM, you wrote:

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>"Entirely"? Icelandic have some words of non-germanic origin, like 

>"bíl" (bílur?) for "car".

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It is 'bíll' in the nominative ('bilur' is Faroese).


M.Sn.>>

    This still begs the question: if bíl is not Germanic, then what the heck 
is it? I'm guessing it's short for automobile?

    (Though we're straying here, this is still pretty topical to the list, as 
knowing how the Icelanders get around borrowing can be of use for Gothic.)


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