[gothic-l] Re: Gothic 'jah'

[Sigi Vandewinkel]

Hello all, 

I don't know about the gothic "jah" (perhaps related to Latin "ac"? 
I'm guessing on this one), but at least in West Germanic languages, 
the words for "and" share a common source: 

English: and (OE: and)
German: und (ohg: unta/unti)
Dutch: en (Mediaeval form end(e))
Old Saxon: endi

My etymological dictionary tells me these words are related to 
Sanskrit átha ("thereafter, thereupon") and Avestian "ada" ("also")

Today's Scandinavian languages also share a common word 
(Swedish "och", Danish "og", Norwegian "og", Icelandic "og"). I think 
these words are related to German "auch", Dutch "ook" 
(meaning "also", cfr. Chaucerian "eek"), but again this is nothing 
more than a guess. 

Tata, 

Sigi Vandewinkel




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