A word idea

[llama_nom]

I'm not sure about the etymology of the suffix either, but OE 'geolca'
is also attested as 'geoleca' and 'geoloca', the latter being the more
archaic form, with -o- probably the adjective stem *w > *u > *o.

> I'd agree about *addi-hveitei F.-n (or maybe *addja-?).

Or *ai-hveitei or *addjis(a)-hveitei?  The first = the root as
inherited with no connecting vowel.  The second would be an analogical
formation, based on *addjis (thinking of Braune's observation that the
old es/os-stems were all reinterpreted in Gothic as neuter a-stems). 
Maybe the best choice would be *addjis-hveitei, cf. sigis-laun.

LN


--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "ualarauans" <ualarauans at ...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> I'd agree about *addi-hveitei F.-n (or maybe *addja-?). I'm not sure 
> if the OE ending = Go. –ik-/-uk- as a diminutive suffix. If it was, 
> then the Gothic form for "yolk" could be *gilwika M.-a, and for "eye 
> white" (and "protein"?) *hveitika M.-a. What I would argue with a 
> little more assuredness is that Slavik –úk- (like in be/ilok) can 
> not be cognate to the Germanic forms, save in the case it was 
> borrowed from there. The 1st consonant shift forbids that. The 
> Germanic match is probably Go. –(e)igs, -ags/-ahs; OE –ig, -eg.
> 
> Ualarauans
> 
> --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, OSCAR HERRERA <duke.co@> wrote:
> >
> > how about adahveitam.....ada- egg and hveitam- whites
> > 
> > Fredrik <gadrauhts@> wrote:          Hi!
> > 
> > I wonder if anyone knows the origin of the ending in OE 
> geolca/geoloca 
> > (the origin of yolk)which is added to geolu = yellow.
> > If so, does gothic have any equivalent or could it be 
> reconstructed?
> > 
> > Might this ending be cognate to the one in russian belki and 
> ukrainan 
> > bilok? These words mean protein and are made from bel- and bil- 
> meaning 
> > white.
> > 
> > Since dutch name protein eiwitten and german eiweiße a word made 
> from 
> > the word white + the ending in OE geolca could create a word 
> meaning 
> > egg white or protein. (OE hwítca?)
> > 
> > You see where this is going?
> > I'd like to find out a gothic word for protein made from this.
> > 
> > /Fredrik
>


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