[gothic-l] Re: Hairus in diminutive

[Troels Brandt]

Thanks Llama!

This leads me to following questions:

How do we expect the word to be pronounced, and how is the change
between singularis/pluralis?

Is it possible, that a people or a warrior known for their/his small
sword got the name "Hairula" by the Goths and that this name heard by
a Roman or a Greek could be misunderstood as Heruli/'eruli in
pluralis?

Is it alternatively a possibility that the ending "-ila" represents
the same as the diminutive "-unge/-inga" in North Scandinavian
languages - used a.e. on the Danish dynasty "Skjoldunger"
("Scyldinga" of Beowulf) meaning the descendants of the king "Skjold"
(meaning "shield").

Troels


--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "llama_nom" <penterakt at f...> wrote:
> --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Troels Brandt" <trbrandt at p...>
> wrote:
> > To my knowledge the word for sword in Gothic is "hairus". How
would
> > this word be spelled combined with the Gothic diminutive "-ila"?
> >
> > Troels Brandt
>
>
> Hi Troels,
>
> On the analogy of magus/magula, I'd guess: hairus / *hairula.
>
> Llama Nom



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