[gothic-l] Re: Gothic 'jah' & 'auk'

[Francisc Czobor]

Dear Sigi,

Swedish "och", Danish "og", Norwegian "og", Icelandic "og" are 
related to German "auch", Dutch "ook", but also to Gothic "auk" 
= "furthermore, moreover, besides, for, but, also, since" (which 
reflects the original form also for the other Germanic languages). 
The Common Germanic *auk is related to the Gothic verb aukan "become 
greater, increase", from an Indo-European base "*aweg-, *wo:g-, *aug-
, *ug-,".

Francisc

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Sigi Vandewinkel" 
<sigivandewinkel at y...> wrote:
> Hello all, 
> 
> I don't know about the gothic "jah" (perhaps related to Latin "ac"? 
> I'm guessing on this one), but at least in West Germanic languages, 
> the words for "and" share a common source: 
> 
> English: and (OE: and)
> German: und (ohg: unta/unti)
> Dutch: en (Mediaeval form end(e))
> Old Saxon: endi
> 
> My etymological dictionary tells me these words are related to 
> Sanskrit átha ("thereafter, thereupon") and Avestian "ada" ("also")
> 
> Today's Scandinavian languages also share a common word 
> (Swedish "och", Danish "og", Norwegian "og", Icelandic "og"). I 
think 
> these words are related to German "auch", Dutch "ook" 
> (meaning "also", cfr. Chaucerian "eek"), but again this is nothing 
> more than a guess. 
> 
> Tata, 
> 
> Sigi Vandewinkel



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