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2020
The Malt stone as evidence for a morphological archaism
Lars Heltoft
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Abstract The form fauþr ‘father’ on the Malt stone is normally understood as a carving error for faþur, but could very well be read at face value as a one-syllable form fǫðr, an archaic accusative singular. In a wider Proto-Germanic context, I propose that this form is part of an early levelling process of the kinship terms to one-syllable stem forms, an alternative paradigm co-existing with the classical hysterodynamic paradigm documented in the Gothic singular. This levelling takes place not only in the plural, but also in the oblique cases of the singular. In a Scandinavian context, this reading sheds light on a handful of seemingly aberrant forms.
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Lars Heltoft
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- Tahun Terbit
- 2020
- Bahasa
- en
- Sumber Database
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- DOI
- 10.1075/nowele.00031.hel
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