[gothic-l] Re: Gepids

[czobor at CANTACUZINO.RO]

--- In gothic-l at y..., Bertil Häggman <mvk575b at t...> wrote:
> Francisc,
> 
> Am trying to recall Gepidic words except gepanta,
> if that ever existed. Fastida was a Gepidic king. Frohila
> and Feva were two other Gepidic kings. Later there was
> Ardaric. Kunimund was a famous Gepidic king.
> 
> That is all. Interested in further Gepidic words. Cannot
> say anything else on the Gepidic language.
> 
> Gepidically
> 
> Bertil
> 


But even these few words are suggesting that Gepidic was very similar 
to Gothic:
 
Frohila has the Gothic diminutive suffix -ila. Maybe it corresponds to 
a Gothic *fraujila or *frawila "little master" (from frauja "master, 
lord")
Ardaric has the Gothic ending -ric, in fact -reiks "ruler", like in 
Alaric, Theodoric, etc.
Kunimund is composed of kuni (Gothic "race, tribe"), with the ending 
-mund ("protector"?), like in Gothic names (Thorismund).

And the fact that the Gepids are considered as branch of the Goths 
doesn't suggest that their languages were similar?

Francisc


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