[gothic-l] Re: Harlingen

[Francisc Czobor]

--- In gothic-l at y..., hrossthjof at y... wrote:
> -Bertil then answered that "yes, but in Greek it is without h-..."
>                  I then retorted that in Greek initial h is marked
>                  with a comma, like in Hellas/Hellenes/Helenic <
> 'Ellas,
>                  where the small but significant comma indicates the
> initial aspirate.
>
>                  My point is that the runes reflected the way they
> actually spoke the words,
>                  and that hence "Herul" in runes would have to start
> with the H-rune.
>                  (just like the Vimose comb inscription that we
> discussed, also
>                  started with H)
>
>                  Best regards
>                  Keth
>
>
>
> this is called an apostrophe ('), rather than a comma (,)-
>

In fact, it is the "spiritus asper" (`), that indicated an aspiration
(like English "h") at the beginning of the word, in Old Greek. In
modern Greek, this aspiration is no more heard.

Francisc


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