Henrik Theiling skrev:
> Hi!
>
> What is 'sem' in Icelandic derived from? Or Swedish 'som' or Faroese
> 'sum' (i.e., the modern North Germanic relative clause particle)?
> I could not find a convincing etymology online and unfortunately don't
> seem to have the appropriate books.
Go to <http://tinyurl.com/fkz7l> and look for Root / lemma "sem-2".
NB there is no space between the hyphen and the 2!
> And going back a few years: what is the etymology of 'er', also
> relative pronoun, but in Old Norse?
Look for Root / lemma "e-3" Query method Match beginning
> Bye,
> Henrik
>
> PS: I'd also be interested in book recommendations for Norse/Icelandic
> etymological dictionaries.
de Vries' "Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch"
<http://tinyurl.com/ka3gx>. It unfortunately doesn't usually
give PIE forms, but only cognates. You have to search for
the cognates "in any field" in the Pokorny database. Not the
most efficient method there is, but I found what you were
looking for, didn't I? ;-)
I looked at bookfinder.com -- they got the first edition
at € 150... You don't have anybody to inherit it from as
I did? ;-)
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