Etymology of "Alavivus?"
Lombard
manielombard at CHELLO.AT
Sun Feb 24 01:58:39 UTC 2008
Latin -vivus points to -weiws I'd guess.
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From: llama_nom
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Subject: [gothic-l] Re: Etymology of "Alavivus?"
> > ".Ala-vivus = an. Olvir, ahd. as. Alawich; zum zweiten Glied vgl.
> urnord. WiwaR, ahd. Vio-mad, Vio-rad, Wiu-frid, ags. -wio, -wiu (z.
> B. Forthwio).
> >
> >
> >
> > Wenn diese Gleichungen richtig sind, so ist -vivus aus germ. *-
> wigwó- aus *-wihwó- 'Streit'" entstanden, wozu got. weihan 'streiten'
> gehört."
So would we have in "Biblical" Gothic *Alawius (cf. siuns < segwnís),
genitive *Alawiwis, or is that a long vowel: *Alaweiws?
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