More Toponymics

[David Kiltz]

On 23.05.2006, at 22:13, Guenther Ramm wrote:

> - I thought that peculiar way to decline “Iesus” is due to some  
> special sacral attitude to the name (like in MnG they say “Jesu”).

It's rather due to the peculiar sound shape, I'd say. Next to being  
declined like a ma or mi stem in Gothic, there is the dative form  
_Iesu_. The latter just being a transscription of the Greek dative.
The same is true for MnG  _Jesus_, gen., vok. _Jesu_ which simply  
follows the Greek (via Latin). Nothing too fancy here, really.

I agree with what you say about  _Paíru_ being declinded as a na  
stem, also because it avoids homophony with Go. _paíru_ 'sting, barb,  
quill_ (a na stem).

David



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