[gothic-l] Re: Pronounciation

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at y..., "matt6219" <matt62 at f...> wrote:
> --- In gothic-l at y..., "faltin2001" <dirk at s...> wrote:
> > --- In gothic-l at y..., "matt6219" <matt62 at f...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > > I have a simple question - is it known for certain how the
> > > letter "g" was pronounced in historical words ?
> > > For example, the "g" in Goths and Getae is pronounced
> differently.
> > > My question is whether it is known that this was how the words
> were
> > > pronounced, or whether this pronounciation is followed by
> > tradition ?
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I cannot answer your question, but I would be interested to hear
> your
> > description in what way the pronounciation of 'G' was different
in
> > Goths and Getae.
> >
> > One point perhaps, on coins, so-called Antonianiae and Aurei of
> > emperor Tacitus (not to be confused with the historian) the name
> of
> > the Goths is spelled 'VICTORIAE COTTHI'. I have two of these
> > Antoniniae with full silver-wash, i.e. in the highest possible
> > condition, yet the name of the Goths is definitely spelled with
> > a 'C'. It could of course mean that this was a fashion of the
> time,
> > yet on coins of Claudius II, Quintillius and Aurelianus the name
> of
> > the Goths is spelled with a clear and unmistakeable 'G',
> > i.e. 'VICTORIAE GOTHIC'. At any rate, is it possible that the
> writing
> > of the name Goths with 'C' and 'TT' reflected some sort of
> > pronounciation at the time?
> >
> > Dirk
>
> Dirk,
> Thanks for replying.
> I had the impression that Goth is pronounced with "g" as
in "Greek",
> and Getae with "g" as in "German". Is this wrong ?


So you mean something like 'jsh-etae', i.e. an Englich
pronounced 'G'. I thought that it is Getae like in Goths, but I don't
know for sure.

Dirk




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