In the end of the nineteenth century, the difficulties in resolving the puzzle of the source of the Gothic month name jiuleis and its cognates led Tille to suggest searching for a solution outside the sphere of the Germanic languages. In this article I argue that the ultimate source of the Gothic word and its cognates is the Biblical term jubilee. I also argue that the word is a nomen sacrum (a sacred name) and, as such, an abbreviation.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:12535 |
| Date | 20 August 2014 |
| Creators | Landau, David |
| Contributors | Universität Leipzig |
| Publisher | Gesellschaft für Namenkunde e.V. |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Source | Namenkundliche Informationen; 95/96(2009), S. 239-248 |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-142671, qucosa:12444 |
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