Gothic thing

[faltin2001]

just when I clicked on "send" I also remembered

Gothic gafaurds = council/gathering

Cheers,
Dirk




--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "faltin2001" <d.faltin at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> Its gaqiman = to assmple, to come together (modern German gekommen) which leads to gaqumths = the assmply, the coming together  as in old High German ge-cumpft and modern German (zusammen-kunft).
> 
> Further possibilities for Gothic gathering might be:
> 
> *mahals
> 
> *thingus (I guess)
> 
> *samanqumths    (modern German zusammenkunft)
> 
> But I cannot see how one could arrive at gaquinta.
> 
> Cheers
> Dirk (which is Thiudareiks in Gothic)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, OSCAR HERRE <duke.co@> wrote:
> >
> > i read it as a derivative from gaqumths......
> > 
> > --- On Sun, 5/26/13, faltin2001 <d.faltin@> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > From: faltin2001 <d.faltin@>
> > Subject: [gothic-l] Re: Gothic thing
> > To: gothic-l at yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Sunday, May 26, 2013, 11:09 AM
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Â  
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Oscar,
> > 
> > where did you get the word "gaquinta" from? I cannot find this word anywhere. It does not sound Germanic or Gothic to me at all.
> > 
> > The Gothic word for assembly should be "ga-qumths". The word is derived from "qiman" = to come. Thus, Gothic "-qumths" corresponds to modern German "-kunft" as in Zusammen-kunft" meaning gathering.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > Dirk
> > 
> > --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, OSCAR HERRE <duke.co@> wrote:
> > >
> > > well assembly is gaquinta in goth...galeikada familia gaquintam.....or family get togethering.....
> > > 
> > > --- On Fri, 5/3/13, nodead4 <nodead4@> wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > From: nodead4 <nodead4@>
> > > Subject: [gothic-l] Re: Gothic thing
> > > To: gothic-l at yahoogroups.com
> > > Date: Friday, May 3, 2013, 4:13 PM
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >   
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Many thanx to you all for your responses and enlightment about this topic, lets see how we'll call the assembly in our book.
> > > 
> > > All the best.
> > > 
> > > Kaine. 
> > > 
> > > --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "ingemarn2000" <ingemar@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Yes, they did - not only on Gotland but as well in southern Scandinavia. Tores view is a little short!
> > > > 
> > > > Concerning the meeting I suggest Þing as a common Germanic term.
> > > > 
> > > > Ingemar
> > > > 
> > > > --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, OSCAR HERRE <duke.co@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > i thought alot of them or their relatives live in southern sweden...gothenburg, vasterland, etc.....
> > > > > 
> > > > > --- On Fri, 5/3/13, Tore Gannholm <tore@> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > From: Tore Gannholm <tore@>
> > > > > Subject: Re: [gothic-l] Gothic thing
> > > > > To: gothic-l at yahoogroups.com
> > > > > Date: Friday, May 3, 2013, 1:41 AM
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > The Gutes did not live in Scandinavia. They lived and still live on the island Gotland in the middle of the Baltic Sea.
> > > > > They concluded a trade and peace agreement with the immigrant Svear (Heruls) on the Scandinavian peninslula about 550 CE
> > > > > The Gutna Allthingi is very old.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Tore
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 3 maj 2013 kl. 00:11 skrev nodead4:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > 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?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > thagks ana framgahts :)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > ------------------------------------
> > > > > 
> > > > > You are a member of the Gothic-L list.  To unsubscribe, send a blank email to <gothic-l-unsubscribe at egroups.com>.Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/gothic-l/attachments/20130527/38970bf0/attachment.htm>