[gothic-l] Re: Question about Catualda

[czobor at CANTACUZINO.RO]

--- In gothic-l at y..., jdm314 at a... wrote:
>
> In a message dated 5/25/01 6:26:47 AM, you wrote:
>
> <<Indeed, and this is curious, given the popularity of
"kingship/ruler" terms
> among Germanic and Celtic names.  I have read variously that Gothic
-reiks
> was borrowed from Celtic -ric but don't see this as imperative from
a
> linguistic standpoint.  >>
>
> The cognates, Sanskrit raaja, Latin rex re:gis, Gaulish riix riig-
(seen in
> names like Vercingetorix) etc., would seem to indicate a
Proto-Indeo-European
> form along the lines of *reeg-. Long e does not normally become long
i in
> Germanic, but it does in Celtic. This is why the word is said to be
a
> borrowing.
>     Note howerver that the borrowing apparently took place before *g
> k,
> which only stands to reason, because the word is so widespread in
Germanic
> that it would have to have been borrowed quite early.
>
> JDM

In all sources that i saw treating this issue, the Germanic *ri:ka-z
(> Goth. reiks etc.) is presented as a borrowing from Celtic.

Francisc


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