Gothic names

[ualarauans]

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--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, David Kiltz <derdron at ...> wrote:
>
> 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
>

Yes, certainly I forgot to add "in the corresponding phonetic form". I 
thought Michal was meaning these endings as etymological entities 
irrespective of how they appear in each particular language, e.g. Go. –
reiks, OE –ric, ON –rekr, OHG -rih etc. Thanks for your comment. BTW, 
I used to wonder why does Jordanes write Geberich not *Geberic (< Go. 
*Gibareiks, "Balthane Baur sa Batista")?

Ualarauans





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