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<p><br>
Grimm's take on Gepids brings us back to the connection with 'giba',<br>
'giban', which still seems plausible to me, especially given personal<br>
names like *Gibareiks and *Gibika. This ties in with my suggestion<br>
that they were the lucky, blessed, fortunate ones (in their own<br>
language), those to whom good luck (or victory) has been "given" (cf.<br>
Silingi = *Selingos "the blessed people"?).<br>
<br>
<a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DgsDAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA463&lpg=PA463&dq=gepanta+gibites&source=web&ots=oTntU0E1fs&sig=M-EI0AzEtn9k0aXcjW2gMW4KWV8&hl=en">http://books.<wbr>google.co.<wbr>uk/books?<wbr>id=DgsDAAAAIAAJ&<wbr>pg=PA463&<wbr>lpg=PA463&<wbr>dq=gepanta+<wbr>gibites&source=<wbr>web&ots=oTntU0E1<wbr>fs&sig=M-<wbr>EI0AzEtn9k0aXcjW<wbr>2gMW4KWV8&<wbr>hl=en</a><br>
<a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DgsDAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA464&lpg=PA463&ots=oTntU0E1fs&dq=gepanta+gibites">http://books.<wbr>google.co.<wbr>uk/books?<wbr>id=DgsDAAAAIAAJ&<wbr>pg=PA464&<wbr>lpg=PA463&<wbr>ots=oTntU0E1fs&<wbr>dq=gepanta+<wbr>gibites</a><br>
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I assume the 'ş' in his reconstruction *Gibişa is based on the rule of<br>
dissimilation by which we get the alternation of voiced and unvoiced<br>
consonants in a suffix depending on the voicedness of the preceding<br>
consonant, e.g. 'merişa' : 'auşida'. And that might account for the<br>
't' sometimes found in classical forms. This issue came up recently<br>
when we were trying to reconstruct ordinal numbers (regular *fidworşa<br>
with dissimilation from the preceding voiced consonants, or analogous<br>
*Fidworda without).<br>
<br>
Thanks again to Google we can see the man's name Kippid that Grimm<br>
mentions in context:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YfY-AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=kippid+corbeienses&source=web&ots=HxMWuj7F4m&sig=g4to1Qz0mx4FZ9Rfum6vpX8sQug&hl=en">http://books.<wbr>google.co.<wbr>uk/books?<wbr>id=YfY-AAAAIAAJ&<wbr>pg=PA38&lpg=<wbr>PA38&dq=kippid+<wbr>corbeienses&<wbr>source=web&<wbr>ots=HxMWuj7F4m&<wbr>sig=g4to1Qz0mx4F<wbr>Z9Rfum6vpX8sQug&<wbr>hl=en</a><br>
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