Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...> wrote:
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>On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 20:12:18 +0200 "M. Astrand" <ysimiss@...>
>writes:
>> Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...> wrote:
>> >Germanic *_jehwla_; Finnish _juhla_ 'celebration, festival, party'
>>
>> I don't know, but it sounds likely that they are connected.
>> If *jehwla also is the origin of Swedish jul "Christmas", that was
>> later
>> borrowed to Finnish again as joulu. :)
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>perhaps this word was borrowed into Germanic, as i cannot find an IE
>etymology for it?
I visited library again, and according to the books *jehwla- or *jegwla-
actually is a Germanic word borrowed into Finnish.
And yes, that is where Sw. jul comes from.
A Swedish etymological dictionary seems to say that *jehwla- is possibly
< *ieku- and related to Latin joculus "joke". Maybe this helps?
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