[gothic-l] Re: háils

[Francisc Czobor]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Manie Lombard" <manielombard at c...> 
wrote:
> Háils Francis
> 
> Would you reconstruct January, June and July with "j" or "i"?
> 
> Manie
> 

Rather with "j", since Latin semivocalic "i" is rendered by Wulfila 
usually through "j", as in Jesus, jota, Justus, ans sometimes also  
Greek words where initial "i" stands before a vowel have alternative 
spelling with "j": Iauraupaulis ~ Jairupulis, Iaurdanus ~ Jaurdanus, 
Iudas ~ Judas, Iudaius ~ Judaius.
The spelling with "j" is closer to Gothic (and Germanic) phonology.

Francisc 




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