Re: Regarding puns...

Matahaniya ang Lars Finsen <lars.finsen@...>:

> Later, they carried it one step further and invented the
> noun "gylle" for the stinky stuff they were spreading,
German _Gülle_ /'gYl@/. 'Golden' is unsurprisingly _golden_,
though _gülden_ exists, too, but that is dated.

Regards
Carsten


NB: Not completely relevant to this question, but I looked
it up nevertheless:

Kluge (2005) says _Gülle_ meant just "puddle" in MHG,
cognate to Sw. _göl_; it shifted to its current meaning only
way later. _Gold_ on the other hand is from PGerm. *gulþa- <
PIE *ġʰḷto- (also the source of _gelb_ and _grün_). Cognates
to that are Dutch _goud_, Engl. _gold_, Sw. _guld_, Isl.
_gull_, and considering ablaut also ChSlv. _zlato_, Latv.
_zelts_.

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Monday, April 28, 2008 at 07:16:37 am