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            <p>To my understanding the Sun(Sunna) is feminine and the Moon(Muni) is masculine. This relationship lends itself to the old saying that a successful man is a good reflection on his wife..<br>
                                   DR. ORIENT ROHMER<br>
<br>
--- On Tue, 1/27/09, Ian Ragsdale <<a href="mailto:delvebelow%40gmail.com">delvebelow@gmail.<wbr>com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
From: Ian Ragsdale <<a href="mailto:delvebelow%40gmail.com">delvebelow@gmail.<wbr>com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [gothic-l] Re: The Sun: a female word...<br>
To: <a href="mailto:gothic-l%40yahoogroups.com">gothic-l@yahoogroup<wbr>s.com</a><br>
Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 8:09 AM<br>
<br>
As a linguist, I dare suggest that grammatical gender has little to do with<br>
meaning. Mark Twain famously points out that German speakers must refer to<br>
a girl as "it" and an onion as "she," but I don't think anyone would suggest<br>
the little bulb has more "feminine" qualities than the little maid. It is<br>
rather a circumstance of endings.<br>
<br>
Additionally, the PIE root leading to the Germanic words for "sun" was also<br>
a source for masculine words, such as Gr. helios.<br>
<br>
I am open to the idea that a people could have selectively chosen their<br>
religious/spiritual words along gender lines, but I did want to put it out<br>
there that grammatical gender is not necessarily a bearer of meaning.<br>
<br>
IMR<br>
<br>
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 6:49 AM, Ingemar Nordgren <ingemar@nordgren. se>wrote:<br>
<br>
> Since we have all knowledge mostly from Wulfila, with a Greek<br>
> background, it is not quite sure that it was indeed not feminine among<br>
> the people. That is all I dare suggest as a non linguist.<br>
><br>
> Best<br>
> Ingemar<br>
><br>
><br>
> --- In gothic-l@yahoogroup s.com <gothic-l%40yahoogr oups.com> , "theudimer"<br>
> <theudimer@. ..> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > Hails<br>
> ><br>
> > doesn't anybody knows if "SUN" is a female word in all gemanic<br>
> > languages? Moon and Sun were both Goddess in the pre-christian times.?<br>
> ><br>
> > Sauil,is a word neuter in Gutiska, but it was a religous tranformation<br>
> > happened in Gothic People? Why in the rest of germanic peoples "Sun"<br>
> > is female? Was sarmatian influence?<br>
> ><br>
> > Regards<br>
> > Theudimer<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
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