[gothic-l] Re: Some neologisms

Dicentis a roellingua@gmail.com [gothic-l] gothic-l at yahoogroups.com
Sat Feb 14 19:17:38 UTC 2015


kawtsjo was used as meaning "deposit" or "pledge", "security", but I 'm
indeed not sure if that is a very well translation of an internet
account..... although a dictionary gives similar meanings in German for
account:

Faktura ; Warenrechnung ; Auskunft ; Bescheid ; Aufklärung ;Aufschluß ;
Erläuterung ; Mitteilung ; Nachricht ; berücksichtigen ;betrachten ;
erwägen ; sich überlegen ; glauben ; Antrieb ;Beweggrund ; Grund

2015-02-14 19:48 GMT+01:00 write2andy at yahoo.com [gothic-l] <
gothic-l at yahoogroups.com>:

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> It should be "miþnati". The second element of compound words doesn't
> change its ending based on the case the first element takes.
>
> How does "kawtsjo" mean "account", and what does -waíhsta mean?
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