[gothic-l] Re: The Language of the Goths

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--- In gothic-l at y..., Stephen Mark Carey <smcarey at a...> wrote:
> In any case Gothic IS a germanic language --
> a germanic  language that does not undergo the
> 2nd shift -- like ALL of the  Skandinavian languages.
> So if you go back 2,000 years before the common  era,
> and conjecture a group roaming around in Poland presumably
> speaking Indo-European (before the centum/satem
> divide?) -- can we really call this  group "Goths"?
> aren't they then Proto-Goths, or something of that nature?
>
> Go. slepan   -- OHG slaffan
> Go. etum     -- OHG azum
> Go. mikils   -- OHG mihhil
> Go. twai     -- OHG zwei
> Go. hairto   -- OHG herza
> Go. drigkan  -- OHG trikhan

Hi Stephen !  I add the corresponding Dutch words:

>  slepan   -- slaffan  -- slapen    (sleep)
>  etum     -- azum     -- eten      (eat)
>  mikils   -- mihhil   -- machtig ? (mighty ?)
>  twai     -- zwei     -- twee      (two)
>  hairto   -- herza    -- hart      (heart)
>  drigkan  -- trikhan  -- drinken   (drink)

Apparently the change   slapen -> schlafen  occurred relatively
late.

Regards,
Keth


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