[gothic-l] Re: Eruli

[Francisc Czobor <fericzobor@yahoo.com>]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Troels Brandt <trbrandt at p...>"
<trbrandt at p...> wrote:
> ...
> Two years ago Timm asked at one of the list about Attila as a
> combination of Atta and -ila (Little Father) in Gothic. He got the
> answer that -ila is femininum making the combination unlikely. A
year
> later the same expert told another listmember that -ila is
> maskulinum. Which answer was correct?
>
> Troels

The Gothic diminutive ending -ila is a weak masculine, like in
atta "father" > Attila "little father" or wulfs "wolf" >
Wulfila "little wolf". The feminine form is -ilo.

Francisc


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