[gothic-l] Re: *ibdalja-

[Francisc Czobor]

This only if there is a miss-spelling (a missing "i") because in 
Gothic dails = "portion, share", and dailjan = "to divide, to share".
But what has this to do with "incline" or "slope"?

Francisc

--- In gothic-l at y..., "Sigmund" <sigmund at a...> wrote:
> For twopence, could <i.b.> refer to the figure 12 and -dalja being 
> derived from the word for 'part' (Swedish <-del>) and hence 
> ibdalja mean "one twelfth", Swe "tolftedel"?? What's the context?
> 
> 
> Sig
> 
> 
> From: "Francisc :
> 
> "Hails!
> 
> Maybe it comes from dal "dale, valey" (or from dalaþ "down")?
> But the prefix ib- is strange. I would expect here af- or eventually 
> uf-.
> 
> Francisc
> 
> --- In gothic-l at y..., "M. Carver" <me at m...> wrote:
> > Is anyone familiar with the derivation of *ibdalja-?
> > It occurs only once in the corpus, in the dative "ibdaljin", 
meaning
> > "incline" or "slope".
> > I suppose the only options are a masculine "*ibdalja" or a neuter 
> adjectival
> > noun "*ibdaljo" (dat. of n. *ibdali would of course be *ibdalja).
> > The meaning of *ib- here is also unclear.
> > Any educated opinions on the matter would be appreciated.
> > 
> > -Matþaius


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