[gothic-l] Re: Eruli

[Troels Brandt <trbrandt@post9.tele.dk>]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Francisc Czobor <fericzobor at y...>"
<fericzobor at y...> wrote:
> --- 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.

Thanks - Francisc

Could a Gothic "little Heri" be translated as a "Herul(-)" in Greek,
Latin, Alanic or another language of the region if we for a moment
disregard the "H"-problem?

Troels


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