SfinUkelU could derive
from something like *swinTa-kiulaz '(having a) strong ship' with
the characteristically Scandinavian development *-nT- > -nn- (as opposed
to the preservation of the cluster in Gothic and High German, or the loss of the
nasal with compensatory lengthening as in Ingvaeonic). My tentative guess is
therefore Old Norse *Svinnkjölr -- a Scandinavian Rus, after all?
SvenIlIdU seems to be *Svein- 'young man' > Old Swedish Sven-
plus something puzzling if it's to be a man's name, but if female, it's probably
Svenhild 'young men's war'. DirU is perhaps Dýrr 'glorious, worthy, noble' (cf.
English dear).
Piotr
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 4:25 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: Language - Area - Routes
--- In cybalist@......, João
Simões Lopes Filho <jodan99@......>
wrote:
> What Germanic names are equivalent to SfinUkelU, DirU and
SveN I l
IdU ?
That's the question the answer to which I would like
to know myself.
I'm not a Germanist, some help is
required.
Sergei