How old are Germanic lambs? PGmc *lambiz- in Gothic and Gutnish
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Gothic and Gutnish lamb with the meaning ‘sheep’ sets these two languages apart from the rest of Germanic, and is the most common piece of evidence used to claim they share a close connection. Yet the same meaning is found in the descendants of Proto-Fennic *lambaz, a loan from Proto-Germanic, and speaks for Gothic and Gutnish preserving the original Proto-Germanic meaning of the etymon. These semantics provide a missing link for connecting Pro-to-Germanic *lambiz- with PIE *h₁él-n-/*h₁l-ón- ‘red deer’.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Usque ad Radices : Indo-European Studies in Honour of Birgit Anette Olsen |
Editors | Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen, Adam Hyllested, Anders Richardt Jørgensen, Guus Kroonen, Jenny Helena Larsson, Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead, Thomas Olander, Tobias Mosbæk Søborg |
Number of pages | 9 |
Place of Publication | København |
Publisher | Museum Tusculanum |
Publication date | 7 Apr 2017 |
Pages | 783-791 |
ISBN (Print) | 9788763545761 |
Publication status | Published - 7 Apr 2017 |
Series | Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European |
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Volume | 8 |
ISSN | 1399-5308 |
- Faculty of Humanities - Old Gutnish, Gothic, Proto-Germanic, Semantics, Indo-European, lamb
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