Re: [tied] Yule's etymology and IE roots (or not)

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 42608
Date: 2005-12-22

Joao S. Lopes wrote:

> Fin.. -hl- could come also from Germ. -thl-, -Dl-?
> Perhaps *yeudHlo-> *jeuDla-> jeulla->jeula-?

No, the *-x(W)l- is directly attested in Germanic. In West Germanic,
*jexWla- yields nom./acc. sg. *jehl. alternating with oblique *jexxla-
(with WGmc. gemination), hence the alternative OE forms <ge:ol>,
<geoh(h)ol>, <gehhol>.

Piotr