Etymology of "Alavivus?"

[ualarauans]

There could have been an influence from Lat. vîvus. And perhaps we 
shouldn't completely rule out the option that the name might have 
been a hybrid from the very beginning. Ala-vivus "All-living", 
*Alaweiws.

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Lombard" <manielombard at ...> wrote:
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> Latin -vivus points to -weiws I'd guess.
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>   From: llama_nom 
>   To: gothic-l at yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 2:28 AM
>   Subject: [gothic-l] Re: Etymology of "Alavivus?"
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>   > > ".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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