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Re: Regimonti Babel Text

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Monday, December 4, 2006, 22:14
Hi!

Benct Philip Jonsson <bpjonsson@...> writes:
> Henrik Theiling skrev: > > > I like 'dju' -- this kind of accent shift happens in > > Þrjótrunn, too. In fact 'djú' is the accusative of > > 'dyr' in that language. > > I take it you mean _dýr_, and is that actually DEUS? :-)
It is 'dyr' /tI:r/, but indeed from 'deus', yes. :-) Something like: deus > *deuz > *djuz > *djuR > **djyR > *dyR > dyr It has irregular inflection (one of the most irregular ones so far, I think): sg.nom. dyr < deus acc. djú < deum dat. djó < deo: gen. dí < dei: pl.nom. dí < dei/dii acc. djær < deos dat. dír < deis/diis gen. djór < deorum **Henrik