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Author: Sean Crist (Swarthmore College)
Email: kurisuto at unagi dot cis dot upenn dot edu
Date: 2005-02-06 18:39:24
Subject: Re: Weiha
Weiha is pronounced "WEE-ha." ei spells a long "EE" sound (IPA /i:/), following Greek spelling conventions. Weiha is related to the adjective weihs "holy".
According to Torp, weihs is cognate with Old English w
oh, w
g, meaning "idol". (Torp spells weihsas veihs.)
A quick search doesn't turn up much on the two Old English words you mention. However, it appears that those words can't be cognate with the Gothic word weiha, because an /h/ in Gothic can't correspond to a /k/ (usually spelled c) in Old English, unless there's some minor sound change I'm forgetting.
Gothic /h/ and OE /g/ can correspond, however, as part of the residue of Verner's Law. This is seen in the cognate wg.
| Messages in this thread | Name | College/University | Date |
| Weiha |
Curt |
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2005-02-06 18:26:22 |
| Re: Weiha |
Sean Crist |
Swarthmore College |
2005-02-06 18:39:24 |
| Re: Weiha |
Curt |
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2005-02-06 19:30:59 |
| Re: Weiha |
Curt |
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2005-02-06 22:20:02 |