Max
@maxonebillion.bsky.social
PhD student, Kyushu University. Japanese-Ryukyuan, Tsugaru Dialect, Old Japanese, endangered languages, historical linguistics, typology, etc. Also dabbling in Chinese/Korean/Semitic/Yiddish…
津軽方言の記述文法などに取り組んでいる博士課程の大学院生。
津軽方言の記述文法などに取り組んでいる博士課程の大学院生。
Agreed, it seemed quite speculative even before the geminate issue. The Gothic Little Daddy explanation is a lot simpler!
June 18, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Agreed, it seemed quite speculative even before the geminate issue. The Gothic Little Daddy explanation is a lot simpler!
I was reminded of our exchange regarding the Yiddish-like Germanic interpretation of Attila. Any thoughts on the etymology proposed here??
June 18, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I was reminded of our exchange regarding the Yiddish-like Germanic interpretation of Attila. Any thoughts on the etymology proposed here??
The crazy thing is that 群 underwent OC *gur → MC *kun, and 駿 underwent OC *tsur- → MC *tsun (or something) according to BS. Perhaps there was some awareness of these older pronunciations at the time of borrowing?
March 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The crazy thing is that 群 underwent OC *gur → MC *kun, and 駿 underwent OC *tsur- → MC *tsun (or something) according to BS. Perhaps there was some awareness of these older pronunciations at the time of borrowing?
Very cool! Yeah I was curious about the original Gothic. That pronunciation doesn’t really mesh with modern English phonotactics but as you pointed out , it’s practically Yiddish😄
November 13, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Very cool! Yeah I was curious about the original Gothic. That pronunciation doesn’t really mesh with modern English phonotactics but as you pointed out , it’s practically Yiddish😄
Stress on first syllable?
November 13, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Stress on first syllable?