[gothic-l] Re: *ibdalja-
Francisc Czobor
czobor at CANTACUZINO.RO
Mon Nov 26 11:25:32 UTC 2001
Hails!
Maybe it comes from dal "dale, valey" (or from dalaþ "down")?
But the prefix ib- is strange. I would expect here af- or eventually
uf-.
Francisc
--- In gothic-l at y..., "M. Carver" <me at m...> wrote:
> Is anyone familiar with the derivation of *ibdalja-?
> It occurs only once in the corpus, in the dative "ibdaljin", meaning
> "incline" or "slope".
> I suppose the only options are a masculine "*ibdalja" or a neuter
adjectival
> noun "*ibdaljo" (dat. of n. *ibdali would of course be *ibdalja).
> The meaning of *ib- here is also unclear.
> Any educated opinions on the matter would be appreciated.
>
> -Matþaius
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