Family relations in the gothic language

[anheropl0x]

Chances are, for cousin and the like, they simply called other people kinsmen. Even the etymology dictionary, which says cousin is from Old French cosin, carried the meaning of kinsman. As for the "great" in grandmother and such, German uses "Ur" (proto-germanic uz, so perhaps Gothic us?), which means original or primitive. Examples are Urheimat and Uradel.

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "kevin.behrens at ..." <becareful_icanseeyourfuture at ...> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I wondered and tried to do some research about how the family relations were called and which system it was in the gothic language. In the dictionary by Köbler there are just some basic words like "mother" or "brother". So, what were or might have been the words for "great grandmother" or "cousin" or "big brother" etc. 
> If you have any sources or ideas, I would be really thankful.
> Greetings,
> Kevin
>


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