Another random word.
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gadrauhts at HOTMAIL.COM
Thu Feb 3 18:31:09 UTC 2011
You should probably not use it in infinitive if you mean to say "Welcome!" to some one.
I'd say wailaqumans.
--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "anheropl0x" <anheropl0x at ...> wrote:
>
> What do you linguists think? Should "welcome" in Gothic be something like wailaqiman or wiljaquiman? Going from this etymology of the word "welcome:" Origin:
> bef. 900; ME < Scand; cf. ON velkominn, equiv. to vel well + kominn come (ptp.); r. OE wilcuma one who is welcome, equiv. to wil- welcome ( see will ) + cuma comer
>
> Or would wiljaqiman perhaps be wiliqiman?
>
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