At 4:38:13 PM on Friday, December 5, 2003, Joao wrote:
> Who was Sinthgunt? What's the etymology of her
> name?
PGmc */sinþaz/ 'a going, journey, way; a time' (Goth.
<sinþs>, OHG <sind>, OE <si:ð>, ON <sinn>) and */gunthaz/
'battle' (OE <gu:ð> [and <-gyð>], ON <guðr>, <gunnr>, OHG
<gunt-> in personal names), I believe. The latter is from
the zero grade of PIE */gWHen-/ 'to kill' with some suffix
that I don't know enough to identify.
Brian