Hails! New to the list, and I've only recently begun working on David Salo's Gothic lessons online. Also working with William H. Bennett's An Introduction to...
Hello Don, Can't say for sure, but I haven't heard of any evidence (e.g. in the spelling of Gothic personal names by Greek writers) to suggest that Gothic <sk>...
I just thought about some special pronunciations. I guess gothic didn't have anything like english sh-sound german ch-sound (ch as in ich, not as in lauch). I...
According to a source I have the name of Poland comes from a slavic word pol- that is equal to the germanic fal-. Fal- is a part of some city names in Sweden...
... I know these Gmc. roots: *fala- "buyable, for sale" *fal-l- "fall, sink, flee" *falwa- "pale, yellow, dun, sickly" But I understand the word Poland to come...
... I guess you've heard of Runeberg.org According to that the fal- of Falköping means 'flat land' and 'köping' is a smaller town with trading. That is 'The...
***** The derivation of <Poland> (in Polish <Polska> i.e. literally just "Polish", probably an abridgement of the original "Polish land") from the Slavonic...
... this ... Poland? ... to ... Hi Fredrik, I think it is widely accepted that the name Poland is derived from an ethnonym Polane, the name of the west Slawic...
... Hi Dirk, I think you have misunderstood Fredrik! He just suggested the NAME Poland could possibly be translated as 'Faluland' in Gothic as a neologism I...
Greetings! I am new to the list and I joined because of my research into the Gothic language. I think that it is a very beautiful, fascinating, and complex...
haf ju latjan so laisareins ana so nati...have you checked the internet for lessons....hails gaman sah razda ist raiht faur mannan,galeikaida unsara....oscar ...
Hails There is a beginner's Gothic primer that is geared to bring a reader up to speed with the basics. A little diffiicult to reach directly, possibly due to...
Hi Michael, welcome to the Gothic List! Here you will find for sure people sharing your interest, even fascination, for the Gothic language. Regarding the...
Yeah I am studying off of this: http://members.terracom.net/~dorothea/david/gothic/lesson1.html ... __________________________________________________ Do You...
Greetings Francisc! Your input was most helpful. Thank you very much! Salutations! Mike ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? ...
Hi guys, This question is forwarded from another list and I try to relate the basic question including my commentaries. Would appreciate an answer from one of...
Hi Ingemar, There is a correspondence between Irish /f/, Welsh /gw/ and Germanic /w/, for example: OHG wâr, Ir. fír, Welsh gwir "true"; Got. woþs "mad", Ir....
... Excellent answer from Francisc. I would just point out that 'beit' on its own could be used; it would be the imperative singular. That means the form of...
*********** Hi Ingemar! Unfortunately, I can't bate your curiosity. I doubt however existing a general law covering the mentioned changes. Judging by the fact...
... Hi Vladimir, I don't think there's any connection between the English word 'god' and the name of the God 'Woden', if that´s what´s meant? I see here ...
Greetings! Just making sure that the following is correct: Sa wulfs dreibith ja sa fiskos mitans thans gaitans. The wolf drives and the fishes measure the...
Greetings! Someone told me that Gothic is the hardest Germanic language to learn and that after I learn this one everything will be "downhill" should I choose...
Forgive me for lacking the credentials or even a means to site my sources, but from what I understand Od- comes from the proto-germanic Wod- which means...
... Greetings Mike, I think my answer would be: "In some ways yes, in most ways no." The fact that so little written Gothic has survived makes it relatively...
... Sa wulfs dreibith jah thai fiskos mitand thos gaitins. That wolf drives and those fishes measure those goats. 'thai' is the plural form corresponding to...
Aha, I see what the trouble is with 'gaits'. David Salo lists it wrongly in his first lesson as a masculine a-stem. It's even given as masculine in the...
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