Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs
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Shot in the dark...antihistamine?
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Not remotely.
It's not bizarre, it's very straightforward. I suggest considering the most likely meanings of each part of the word in turn...
It's not bizarre, it's very straightforward. I suggest considering the most likely meanings of each part of the word in turn...
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A.. an excess ink dabber?
I.e. some kind of cloth-y, cottony thing for dabbing off ink from a nib of a pen.
Or else,
B.. a kweeter: the {often blue} bulb one uses to emunct a (baby's) stuffed nostril?
Or possibly
C.. The action of emunction itself (Cf. non-tool\nomina actionis *-l Germanic words like OE wraxl 'a wrestling'; OE húsel 'eucharist' + hunsl 'sacrifice'; Wechsel + OE wrixl 'a change, a turn' )
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...no.
Well, sorry to have ruined your game.
One last try: the neb- element does not mean 'nose'.
Well, sorry to have ruined your game.
One last try: the neb- element does not mean 'nose'.
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No need to be sorry, you didn't ruin anything. This *is* the game.
Obviously I assumed too much about its meaning. Is it closer to its English cognate and mean nipple? Or maybe more generally breast/chest?One last try: the neb- element does not mean 'nose'.
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Yes (it is used both for humans and some non-human animals).
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Ooh, is it a napkin?
Edit: Just noticed that Spanick already guessed tissue, but I’ll leave this here anyway...
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Yes! Napkin!DesEsseintes wrote: ↑18 Dec 2018 03:05 Ooh, is it a napkin?
Edit: Just noticed that Spanick already guessed tissue, but I’ll leave this here anyway...
The neb- element means "beak", which has become the usual word for the mouth-area of humans (though not the inside of the mouth). The -throskel element means 'towel', from thursako:na, 'to dry', plus -ilaz. It's cognate to 'thurka', the Norse word for a towel (the etymological debate is whether it's really thursako:na, and Norse has lost the /s/, or whether it's really thurzako:na, with gradation of the /s/ already in PGmc, in which case Wenthish can have re-graded it by analogy). Hence, "mouth-towel", or napkin.
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Well done DesEsseintes!Salmoneus wrote: ↑18 Dec 2018 14:39Yes! Napkin!DesEsseintes wrote: ↑18 Dec 2018 03:05 Ooh, is it a napkin?
Edit: Just noticed that Spanick already guessed tissue, but I’ll leave this here anyway...
This makes so much sense now. I definitely was over thinking it and couldn't get past my initial assumption that it meant "nose".The neb- element means "beak", which has become the usual word for the mouth-area of humans (though not the inside of the mouth). The -throskel element means 'towel', from thursako:na, 'to dry', plus -ilaz. It's cognate to 'thurka', the Norse word for a towel (the etymological debate is whether it's really thursako:na, and Norse has lost the /s/, or whether it's really thurzako:na, with gradation of the /s/ already in PGmc, in which case Wenthish can have re-graded it by analogy). Hence, "mouth-towel", or napkin.
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Of course, take your time.DesEsseintes wrote: ↑18 Dec 2018 16:49 Can I have a couple of days to cook something up? I don’t have any Germanic conlangs up and running, I’m afraid...
Somehow I misremembered the identification of the etymology of "neb-" as a confirmation that it meant "nose".
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Much as I’d like to have a go at coming up with a word for the game, I just don’t foresee having time to do so because of the holidays. Therefore, if anyone would like to offer a word first, please go ahead. I’d hate to stall the game.
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Looking at the last round, I'd be alright if spanick wanted to give it a go.
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Alright, I'll come up with something by tomorrow.shimobaatar wrote: ↑26 Dec 2018 21:25 Looking at the last round, I'd be alright if spanick wanted to give it a go.
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Nortsääenglisch
aunürd /aʊnʏːd/
aunürd /aʊnʏːd/
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Is it a noun?