Questions tagged [gothic]
For questions concerning the Gothic language, a dead Germanic language attested in the late antiquity and early medieval time.
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Are Gothic “lþ”, “lf” (“rþ”, “rf”) exceptions from the Verner's law?
Are Gothic "lþ", "lf" ("rþ", "rf") exceptions from the Verner's law ?
I mean
hlaifs > hlaibōs
but
wulfs > wulfōs
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arbaiþs > arbaidē
but
wairþs > wairþōs
ainfalþs > ainfalþōs
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Does Gothic “Þrabōn” exist?
Does Gothic "Þrabōn" exist?
Vasmer mentioned that.
http://www.wulfila.be/gothic/browse/search/?find=%C3%BErab&mode=3
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Gothic “taihun” ten “tigus” -ty
Gothic "taíhun" ~ "tigus".
Is it Verner's law?
"Normalised" Normal environment Paradigmatically alternating sound
transliteration of ...
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Why is Ancient Greek “δέ” translated by Gothic “þan” /then/?
Why is Ancient Greek "δέ" translated by Gothic "þan" /then/?
Matthew 8:10
— gahausjands þan Iesus sildaleikida jah qaþ du þaim afarlaistjandam: amen, qiþa izwis, ni in Israela swalauda galaubein bigat....
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Gothic is, ains, jains
I noticed, that Gothic "jains" (yon) take on the role of Gothic "sa" (he, that, the, this), e.g.
John 9:12
hvar ist sa?
Where is he?
John 7:11
hvar ist jains?
Where is he?
Could Old English "geon" ...
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Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃, English alms
I noticed, that Greek ἐλμαδὰμ corresponds to Gothic Airmodamis "Elmodam".
Could Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍉 "armaio" (alms) and English "alms" be cognate?
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Gothic þau, English the
I'm a native Russian speaker and I couldn't select an appropriate Russian translation for a German word "doch" for a long time. When one say "nein" and the other say "doch".
I chose "definitely" ...
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Are Latin participles from third-person plural present active indicative forms?
Latin:
The third-person plural present active indicative form of amare (to love): amant
Participle: nominative ama-ns (genitive ama-ntis)
Gothic:
The third-person plural present active indicative ...
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Do Gothic have instrumental personal/demonstrative pronouns?
Do Gothic have instrumental personal/demonstrative pronouns?
Why do wiki say, that "the instrumental case only survives in a few preposition forms in Gothic."
I know, that ƕe is an instrumental ...
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Why does Gothic “i” transform into “a”? [closed]
Why does Gothic "i" transform into "a"?
ina > þana
ita > þata
imma > þamma
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Do Gothic “sa” (that), “þaim” and Old Slavonic demonstrative pronouns “sь” (this) and “sim” have the same origin? [closed]
Do Gothic "sa" (that), "þaim" (dative plural) and Old Slavonic demonstrative pronouns “sь” (this) and “sim” (dative plural) have the same origin?
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Why Gothic nouns waldufni “authority” and wundufni “wound” have “f” in a stem
Why Gothic nouns waldufni “authority” and wundufni "wound" have “f” in a stem?
fraistubni (temptation)
fastubni (fast)
witubni (knowledge)
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Why Gothic verb fraisan “to tempt” don't have “t” in a stem
Why Gothic verb fraisan (to tempt) don't have "t" in a stem?
fraisan (to tempt) > fraistubni (temptation)
fastan (to fast) > fastubni (fast)
witan (to know) > witubni (knowledge)
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Periphrastic verb forms in Gothic
What periphrastic verb form are attested in the Gothic language, the oldest Germanic language we have substantial records from?
Skimming through a grammar of Gothic I found that for the past tense ...
asked Mar 2 '18 at 13:06
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Umlaut in Gothic
It's said that Gothic had no umlaut, but there would seem to be, although I'm sure it's not, signs of a-umlaut.
The digraph au in Gothic is thought to have represented three different sounds, one of ...
