The source of the Gothic month name jiuleis and its cognates

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  • David Landau

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https://doi.org/10.58938/ni442

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Onomastics

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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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01.05.2009

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