[gothic-l] vowel table; Re: Reidgotaland

[Francisc Czobor]

Hi Keth,

--- In gothic-l at y..., keth at o... wrote:
> 
> And as you see, I added some more entries as an afterthought.
> It now becomes, I think, more of an undcided question,
> which Germanic language Gothic is the most related to. I know
> I should also add a column for "althochdeutsch". But that
> I'll do some other time. As you see, it is still the
> Gothic column that is the emptiest. But I suppose that will
> remain so, since Gothic, although the oldest, is least well
> documented. OE and ON are quite well documented, and so is
> OHG, when I get to that. Does anybody have a suggestion for
> a good OHG dictionary?
> 

I have completed your comparative table with the corresponding 
"althochdeutsch" (Old High German, OHG) and Modern German words.
I have filled in also some Gothic and Old English words, where the 
places were empty.
I did not do it earlier, because I was very busy last days.

Norse   Danish   Gothic    Old English         OHG       Modern German

gjota   gyde     giutan    geotan    (to pour)  giozan     gießen
ljos    lys      liuhaþ    leoht     (light)    lioht      Licht
grjot   gryt     *griut    greot  (stones/grit) grioz      Grieß
skjota  skyde    schieten  sceotan  (to shoot)  sciozan    schießen
                 (Crimean)
brjota  bryde              breotan  (to break)
krjúpa  krybe              creopan  (to creep)
hljoð   lyd      hliuþ     hleoþor  (sound)
bjoda   byde     biudan    beodan   (to bid)    biotan     bieten
þjoð     -       þiuda     þeod     (people)    diot(a)
njota   nyde     ganiutan  neotan   (to use/    giniozan   genießen
                                   enjoy/catch)
frjosa  fryse    *friusan  freosan   (freeze)   friosan    frieren

gaut    gøt      got       geat     (the Goths)
gaula            gaunon
graut   grøt     grot?     great? (porridge, grits?)
naut    nøt                neat      (cow)
dauðr   død      dauþs     dead                  tót        tot
haug    høj       hauhs     heah    (high)       hóh        hoch
rauðr   rød      rauþs     red      (color)      rót        rot
blauðr  blød     blauþian  bleaþ (weak/make weak) blóz      bloß
lauf    løv      lauf      leaf                  loub       Laub

heiðr   hede     haiþi     hæþ      (heath)      heida      Heide
beita   bede               bætan    (to chase, graze) 
leiða   lede               lædan    (to lead)    leit(t)an  Leiten
leita   lede     wlaiton   wlatian  (to seek/stare)
meita   mede     maitan             (to fish/cut) meizan
feitr   fed                fætt     (fat)        feiz(z)it  feist/fett
geit    ged      gaits     gat      (goat)       geiz       Geiß
breiðr  bred     braiþs    brad     (broad)      breit      breit
reiðr   vred               wraþ     (wrath)
leiðr   led                laþ      (loath)      leid       leid
reiða   rede                        (to prepare)            bereiten
reiðr   rede               ræde     (ready)      bireiti    bereit
hreiðr  rede       ?       hræþ?    (nest)

For OHG I used the following sources:
1. "DUDEN Etymologiie: Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache", 2nd 
Ed., Dudenverlag, Mannheim - Leipzig - Wien - Zürich, 1989
2. Stefan Sonderegger: "Althochdeutsche Sprache und Literatur", 2nd 
Ed., Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin - New York, 1987

Best regards,

Francisc


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