The source of the Gothic month name jiuleis and its cognates

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 wo...

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Main Author:	Landau, David
Other Authors:	Universität Leipzig, Philologische Fakultät
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Language:	English
Published:	Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig 2014
Subjects:	Onomastik Etymologie Onomastics ddc:410 ddc:412 Linguistik Monatsname
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spelling	ndltd-DRESDEN-oai-qucosa.de-bsz-15-qucosa-1452372017-05-11T03:30:48Z The source of the Gothic month name jiuleis and its cognates Landau, David Onomastik Etymologie Onomastics ddc:410 ddc:412 Etymologie Linguistik Monatsname 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. Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig Universität Leipzig, Philologische Fakultät Gesellschaft für Namenkunde e.V. , Universität Leipzig, Philologische Fakultät Gesellschaft für Namenkunde e.V., 2014-08-20 doc-type:article application/pdf http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-145237 urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-145237 issn:0943-0849 http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/14523/NI%2095_96_2009_Landau.pdf Namenkundliche Informationen; 95/96(2009), S. 239-248 eng
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description	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.
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The source of the Gothic month name jiuleis and its cognates

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