Re: Vojing and voding

On 2008-12-02 00:34, tgpedersen wrote:

> Any relation of the suffix of Gmc kindin-, druhtin-, þiudan-?

I don't think so. The Slavic suffix has a long vowel. A connection with
*(ed)inU 'one' can be suspected (note that originally it occurred only
in the singular). Besides, *-inU is semantically empty in the sense that
e.g. Pol. Grek and Greczyn both mean 'a Greek', whereas the Germanic
suffix in question forms words with derived meanings.

> Any comment on the Sloven. vòj, G. vója "leader", as contrasted with
> the forms in -d-?

Slovene has a regular development of *dj > j, attested already in the
10th c. (the Freising Manuscripts). This change is unique to Slovene.

Piotr