[gothic-l] Goths in India, again.

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Hails

Irila is found in Koebler's Gotisches Woerterbuch in Appendix 3 on page 693:

"Irila, got. ?, PN: Q.: Fiebiger II, Nr. 32"

Which seems to mean, "'Irila', of dubiously Gothic origin, is a proper noun.
The information comes from Fiebiger II, number 32 (i.e. Fiebiger, o.,
Inschriftensammlung zur Geschichte der Ostgermanen, 1917, 1939, 1944."

Not very elucidating. Yet since Koebler tends to attempt translation of most
names, or at least point to their root, even in the most spurious cases,
this one is left unidentified. Neither is the name nor any similar form or
designated root found in the main part of the dictionary. Perhaps the
bibliographic reference will prove helpful.

Matthaius

> "Irila is the regular Gothic form of a well-known Germanic name. It
> is found in Runic inscriptions from By and Veblunganes in Norway,
> Kragehul in Denmark, and Lindholm and Varnum in Sweden as Erila, Eirila,
> The word is essentially identical with Anglo-Saxon eorl, English earl,
> Old Norse jarl, Old Saxon erl, and it is further connected with the
> ethnic name eruli, heruli. There are also several names in Germanic
> languages which contain the base erla."
> This all seems well and good, but does anyone know where we can find
> Irila as a Gothic name? I'm no expert here, but I can't find it.
> "The name Cita (w/ a dot under the t, . hereafter) of the gata of the
> Junnar inscription No. 33 can also be explained as a Gothic name. In an
> old Runic inscription from Tjurkö in Sweden occurs a name Helda. The
> Gothic form of this word would be Hild-. The initial h must have had a
> sound similar to the modern German ch in the Gothic language of the
> second century, and it is quite conceivable that an Indain would have
> tried to mark this sound by the palatal c. An ld would probably become
> lt, lt (.), as is commonly the case in modern vernaculars. Dr. Grierson
> has been good enough to inform me that, at the present day, the English
> ld becomes, in some mouths lt (.) and in some mouths l-d (dot under d).
> in the latter case the two letters are separated as if in different
> syllables. If a Gothic name Hilda were adopted in the form Cilta or
> Cilta (.), the result in a Prakrit dialect would be Cita (.) or Citta
> (..), both of which would be written Cita (.). It is therefore quite
> possible that Cita (.) is an attempt at reproducing the sounds of a
> Gothic name Hild-."
> Not being a linguist, I can't really comment on this. It sounds good,
> but I don't have the background to run a comparison from Gothic to
> Prakrit. I will be eagerly awaiting your comments.
> Thanks in advance,
> Gendler.
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