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==Valthungian== | ==Valthungian== | ||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
From ''[[Contionary: ljūþ|ljūþ]]'' ‘light’ (doublet of ''[[Contionary: ljuguþ|ljuguþ]]'', via Middle Valthungian from Old Valthungian ''[[Contionary: ljuhþ|ljuhþ]]'', ''[[Contionary: ljuhaþ|ljuhaþ]]'', from Griutungi ''[[Contionary: liuhaþ|liuhaþ]]''; cf. Gothic ''[[ | From ''[[Contionary: ljūþ|ljūþ]]'' ‘light’ (doublet of ''[[Contionary: ljuguþ|ljuguþ]]'', via Middle Valthungian from Old Valthungian ''[[Contionary:ljuhþ|ljuhþ]]'', ''[[Contionary:ljuhaþ|ljuhaþ]]'', from Griutungi ''[[Contionary:liuhaþ|liuhaþ]]''; cf. Gothic ''[[Wiktionary:𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌸#Gothic|𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌸]]''; uncertain relationship to ProtoGermanic ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leuhtą|*leuhtą]]''), and ''[[Contionary: tungla|tungla]]'' ‘planet, orb, sphere’ (via Middle and Old Valthungian and Griutungi ''[[Contionary: tungl|tungl]]'', cf. Gothic ''[[Contionary: tuggl|tuggl]]'', from ProtoGermanic ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tunglą|*tunglą]]''). We might expect -''[[Contionary: hwerb|hwerb]]'' here (‘sphere, orb’ in the geometrical sense) instead of -''[[Contionary: tungla|tungla]]'' (which usually refers to stellar phenomena – “the heavenly spheres,” if you will), but this refers more to their ability to emit light than to their shape. | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== |
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