New file uploaded to gothic-l (ents, Faroes, Christmas)

[Ingemar Nordgren]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "llama_nom" <600cell at ...> wrote:
 
> For Christmas, besides *weiha-nahts (and similar: weihons nahts?), we
> could have: *jiula (=OE géol) or *jaíhvla (=OE geohhol) -- neuter
> plural.  ON jól could be descended from either variant.

Of course it must be *jiula since weihons nahts evidently is the
Christian  Christmas but jól,jul/yule is far older and hence has
traditions to the PGmc and PEGmc time.

Best 
Ingemar


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