[gothic-l] Re: old prussian

[hrafnsnest]

Hailsa, 
Please elaborate on the possible Caucasian connection with this 
powerful "magical" word.  I have found that the earliest carving of 
this word in stone is from the Elgesem stone found in SW Norway dated 
at 400 CE.  Later it developed into the Norse word _öl_ meaning _ale_.

Vaxa ok vel Hafaz!
Valulfr Vaerulsson

 

But I gather _alu_ could just as easily be a Baltic cognate, rather 
than a borrowing from Germanic necessarily.  
Apparently the word did exist in Gothic (as *aluth), and is thought 
to account for similar forms in Caucasian languages ("Etymology", ASC 
Ross).
> llama nom



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