Gothic names

[David Kiltz]

On 22.07.2006, at 12:53, ualarauans wrote:

> I don't think these endings are specifically Gothic as they are
> attested everywhere else in Germania

-mêr can, as far as the vowel (ê) is concerned, be regarded as  
typically Gothic. In North and West Germanic, Proto-Germanic ê1 (e- 
one) > â (but OE æ/ae) vs. Gothic > ê. This, I think, is a useful  
feature to distinguish Gothic from other Germanic names (e.g. in  
Spanish names on _-mir/mil_ etc.).

Also, Gothic names should have -ric, not -rich (_ch_ = back-spirant  
[x], later [ç]), as the latter is High German.

David

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