[gothic-l] Question about Catualda

[jdm314 at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 5/25/01 6:26:47 AM, you wrote:

<<Indeed, and this is curious, given the popularity of "kingship/ruler" terms
among Germanic and Celtic names.  I have read variously that Gothic -reiks
was borrowed from Celtic -ric but don't see this as imperative from a
linguistic standpoint.  >>

The cognates, Sanskrit raaja, Latin rex re:gis, Gaulish riix riig- (seen in
names like Vercingetorix) etc., would seem to indicate a Proto-Indeo-European
form along the lines of *reeg-. Long e does not normally become long i in
Germanic, but it does in Celtic. This is why the word is said to be a
borrowing.
    Note howerver that the borrowing apparently took place before *g > k,
which only stands to reason, because the word is so widespread in Germanic
that it would have to have been borrowed quite early.

JDM

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