Word help if possible

[gotenfreund]

further investigation (Webster) shows that child is, as you say, derived from IE *gelt, "a swelling up" < *gel, "rounded".

Another cognate is Skt. jathara, "belly".

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "gotenfreund" <ekinzel at ...> wrote:
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> my Gothic etymological dictionary (Holthausen, 1934) has in-kiltho "pregnant" associated with kilthei, "womb", the latter connected with OE cild, Modern English "child".
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> --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, Brian Smith <heatheninfo@> wrote:
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> > Thank yo. That I understood. I was looking for the reflex of the word, and found 
> > it is the PIE -gel (to make round, swell).
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> > Anyone ever figure out a plausible etymology for enguz, iggws?
> > 
> > Thank you
> > 
> > Brian
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> > ________________________________
> > From: OSCAR HERRE <duke.co@>
> > To: gothic-l at yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Sat, April 9, 2011 7:56:45 PM
> > Subject: Re: [gothic-l] Word help if possible
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> > inkilthon  means she was pregnant......if that answers your question......
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> > --- On Sat, 4/9/11, heatheninfo <heatheninfo@> wrote:
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> > From: heatheninfo <heatheninfo@>
> > Subject: [gothic-l] Word help if possible
> > To: gothic-l at yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Saturday, April 9, 2011, 3:34 PM
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> > Â  
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> > Good afternoon,
> > 
> > I was wondering if anyone here might be able to help me break apart a word in 
> > Gothic from the Gospel of Luke 2:5
> > 
> > inkilþon = adjective; dative singular feminine of "inkilþō"
> > 
> > I am trying to understand the root words that make up inkilþō. Any 
> > assistance would be greatly appreciated. 
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> > 
> > Brian
> > 
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