[gothic-l] Re:Vaklan

[Ingemar Nordgren]

> Well, the sentence was found at
> http://haldjas.folklore.ee/rl/date/saksa/teil05.htm
>
> and had been translated into deutsch as; "Ein mageres Kalb ist immer
> madig" ...but which word is to represent madig?
> Vaska?
>
> Doesn't madig mean maggot-ridden... or maggoty?

'Madig' in German means 'full of worms' (in the stomach). Thats why it
is supposed to be so undernourished. Estonian might also, like Finnish,
have borrowed and remade certain Germanic words which could explain the
similarity.They have been influenced among else both by Goths,
Danes,Swedes, Germans and Russians.
Grüß
Ingemar

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