[gothic-l] Ic. "Bill" & Relevance

[M. Carver]

Based on the previous posts and some from long ago, I propose this
tentative and unabashedly fantasy-oriented diagram to exemplify how each
approach might be explained in terms of reconstructed natural language:

*awtaumobilus           Used by Romanized Goths and the educated (Latin-speaking)
*silbagaggands          Same as above, but more common among linguists
or reactionary "purists"
*awto, *bilus, *beils   Same as awtaumobilus, but colloquial.
*wagns (cf. NHG Wagen)  Used by Goths living in Germania; also a common alternative.
*karrus                 Used generally as an alternative by most Goths.


Matþaius

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