[gothic-l] Re: Goths, Gutland and Krym

[keth at ONLINE.NO]

Could this "lutum" stem from dative plural of a word "lut"?
Because in that case it might be the same word as ON "hlutr"
which means "part", as in a part of the land, which would
indicate property being divided as in an inheritance case.

>--- In gothic-l at y..., Tore Gannholm <tore.gannholm at s...> wrote:
>> What is to inherit in Gotic?
>>
>> In Gutnish it is lutum
>
>In Gothic, inheritance is "arbi" (c.f. OE ierfe); heir is "arbja"; to
>inherit is "arbja wairþan".  Doesn't look much like Gutnish, does it?
>

I recall this word "arbi" also occurring on some rune stone.
(I forget which one right now.), which would document it as
a Nordic word contemporaneous with Gothic. Now it is "arv",
"arving" -> please ask the Swedes for the contemporary
Swedish forms. I would think this word is uniform in most
Germanic. e.g. Dutch "ervenis".

Best regards
Keth




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