Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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Maybe it's related to English chest?
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Creyeditor wrote:Maybe it's related to English chest?
Not as far as I know.
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Is it related to the PIE root *steh₂-? As in "to stand"
At kveldi skal dag lęyfa,
Konu es bręnnd es,
Mæki es ręyndr es,
Męy es gefin es,
Ís es yfir kømr,
Ǫl es drukkit es.
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Adarain wrote:Is it related to the PIE root *steh₂-? As in "to stand"
No.
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Does the PG form begin with f?
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qwed117 wrote:Does the PG form begin with f?
Yes!
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Fish?
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qwed117 wrote:Fish?
Close!
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Fisherman
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qwed117 wrote:Fisherman
You got it! The entire paradigm currently looks like this:

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       SG.    PL.
NOM. hesza heszanes
OBL. heszan heszanes
Do you want to post the next word?
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Sorry, but I can't; I don't have any Germlang readily available.
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Next:

bôôuumdomaz
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Is it a compound?
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Creyeditor wrote:Is it a compound?
yes
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Does the first part mean tree?
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shimobaatar wrote:Time for a new word, perhaps?

Language: Visigothic
Word: heszanes
IPA: /ˈesθanes/
To eat. /etan/ and then have t > θ
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Creyeditor wrote:Does the first part mean tree?
No. That's rodô.
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Wario Toad 32 wrote:
shimobaatar wrote:Time for a new word, perhaps?

Language: Visigothic
Word: heszanes
IPA: /ˈesθanes/
To eat. /etan/ and then have t > θ
That one's already been resolved. It means "fishermen".
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The last part of the word probably stems from PG *dōmaz, meaning judgment.
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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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Is the word a noun?
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