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:bsz:15-qucosa-145237 |
| Date | 20 August 2014 |
| Creators | Landau, David |
| Contributors | Universität Leipzig, Philologische Fakultät, Gesellschaft für Namenkunde e.V. ,, Universität Leipzig, Philologische Fakultät, Gesellschaft für Namenkunde e.V., |
| Publisher | Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | doc-type:article |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Namenkundliche Informationen; 95/96(2009), S. 239-248 |
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