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

[Brian Beck]

Matþaius melida: 
> *awtaumobilus           Used by Romanized Goths and the educated 
(Latin-speaking)
> *silbagaggands          Same as above, but more common among 
linguists

I thought that in the modern Germanic languages, except for English, 
the verbs based on the *gang- root usually meant to go on foot as 
opposed to *far-, meaning to travel in a vehicle or on horseback.  
Did Gothic have this distinction?  If it did, then perhaps 
*silbafarands, *silbaleiþands or *silbawratonds might be 
possibilities.  Since the -mobil- root really means to move, other 
possibilities might be *silbadreibands, *silbaskiubands, 
*silbadragands, and I'm sure there are others.
Jus waljiþ.
Brian


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