[gothic-l] "hi-" pronoun

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      M           N            F

N.    he'         hit          hi'
A.    hin (o')    hit (o')     hijo'n
G.    hesa        hesa         hezo's
D.    himme', -o' himme', -o'  hizai
I.    hijae'      hijae'       hijae'
L.    hi'         hi'

      hi's        hijo'        hijo's
      hins        hijo'        hijo's
      hi'zo'n     hi'zo'n      hi'zo'n
      himiz       himiz        himiz


Above is the supposed Gmc. paradigm for the proximal demonstrative pronoun
"this". It is has been tentatively developed with assistance of attestation
to the following Gothic paradigm:

      M           N            F

N.    he'         hita         hei
A.    hina        hita         hijo'n
G.    his         his          hizo's
D.    himma       himma        hizai
I.    hije'       hije'        hije'
L.    hei         hei          ?

      heis        hijo'        hijo's
      hins        hijo'        hijo's
      heize'      heize'       heize'
      him         him          him

The Goths used some of these forms, most notably "himma" in the phrase
"himma daga". Would they and/or did they use the paradigm as such? Need they
have used it, or did the simple demonstrative suffice as evidenced in such
archaic formulae?

Matthaius


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