Gmc. *gle:zam (amber)

[llama_nom]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, David Kiltz <derdron at g...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Isn't _glær_ masculine and _glæs_ neuter ?


In OE, both neuter according to Bosworth & Toller.  Maybe you're 
thinking of OIc. glær "sea", masc. (could be related; but in this 
word, the <r> isn't part of the root), versus OIc. 'gler' "glass", 
neuter.


> In North Germanic we find <â> from the earliest attestations. Cf.  
> also such Finnish loanwords as _maanan-_ 'moon' (in _maanan-tai_  
> 'monday') vs a loan from Gothic: _miekka_ 'sword' (Goth. mêki 
(acc.)).


Is there any way to tell when 'miekka' was borrowed, and thus 
whether it's more likely to be a loan from EG or NWG or PGmc, or 
whatever?  And does the <a> in 'maanan-tai' mean that it was 
borrowed from a Proto-Norse (or NWG form) with the genitive 
*'ma:nan', as opposed to the form with /o/ (*'ma:no:n') that I 
assume gave rise to gave rise to Ic. mánudagur?  I'm afraid I don't 
know anything about the history of Finnish sounds, so I don't want 
to jump to any conclusions...

Lama Nom





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