Gothic thing = ga-qumths

[faltin2001]

Hi,

the Gothic word "waihts" as somebody suggested means thing, object and probably demon. It corresponds to Old High German "wiht" also meaning thing, object and demon. Compare also to Old High German "nio-wiht" meaning no-thing.

Modern German Ge-wicht and der Wicht are still used today.

The Gothic word for assembly "ga-qumths"  derived from "qiman" meaning "to come".

Cheers
Dirk





--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "nodead4" <nodead4 at ...> wrote:
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> Sai! My wife and me are writting a novel (half fiction) about IV century goths. Our question is how would be the name of the best known common germanic "thing" as the gathering of the kunja. If there was a "Thing of all gutes" in Scandinavia, such similar name does exist in gothic language?
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> thagks ana framgahts :)
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