The Sun: a female word...

[Ingemar Nordgren]

Since we have all knowledge mostly from Wulfila, with a Greek
background, it is not quite sure that it was indeed not feminine among
the people. That is all I dare suggest as a non linguist.

Best
Ingemar


--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "theudimer" <theudimer at ...> wrote:
>
> Hails
> 
> doesn't anybody knows if "SUN" is a female word in all gemanic
> languages? Moon and Sun were both Goddess in the pre-christian times.?
> 
> Sauil,is a word neuter in Gutiska, but it was a religous tranformation
> happened in Gothic People? Why in the rest of germanic peoples "Sun"
> is female? Was sarmatian influence?
> 
> Regards
> Theudimer
>


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