[gothic-l] Re: *awi, *auja (was: kusanata)

[llama_nom]

In which case: Go. *Skadinawi = OE scedenig = OIc. Skáney = Skaane, 
if this contains the "island" word, in its broader sense of land 
only partly surrounded by water.

LN



--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "llama_nom" <600cell at o...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hails Manie,
> 
> First, a correction to something I wrote: The word meaning "water 
> meadow, land liable to flooding, island, etc.", jo-stem, feminine, 
> would actually give Gothic *AWI in the nominative singular, 
declined 
> like 'mawi' (acc.sg. *auja, etc.).
> 
> I think the word meaning "luck" is cited in the form AUJA by 
Koebler 
> because one of the early Scandinavian runic inscriptions which 
> contains it has been considered East Germanic.  But the grounds 
for 
> such attributions I gather is often quite tenuous.
> 
> The regular Gothic form corresponding to Proto Norse AUJA would be 
> *AWI as well, neuter ja-stem, declined like 'hawi'.
> 
> Llama Nom






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