[gothic-l] "Plinsjan" as a loan word from Old Slavic

[Le Bateman]

Was wondering why the Goths did not have a word similar to Modern German
Tanzen.
Le
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About whether Gothic "plinsjan" is a borrowing from Slavic:

Lehmann's Gothic Etymological Dictionary says

"an exception to the rule that words common to Gmc and Sl were borrowed from
Gmc" and he makes reference to OSl plesti = dance.

I do not know whether this is the generally accepted view, but merely pass
on
what I find in the book mentioned above.

Gerry T.


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