Questions tagged [germanic]
For questions related to Germanic languages. The questions should be related to Latin, too.
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Does the abbreviation “ſ.” in this 1755 work mean “sine”?
For an answer on the RPG Stack, I’m trying to read some entries in Medicinisch-Chymisch und Alchemistisches Oraculum, a 1755 German work whose entries are in Latin. I’m stuck on these two entries:
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What are some ancient words that mean forgiveness?
What are some ancient words that mean forgiveness? I’m looking for words that were used before the common era (before 0 CE). I’m looking for words from Latin, Greek, German, and other languages. These ...
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How can we say "not even wrong" in Latin?
The phrase "not even wrong" is thought to have originated from Wolfgang Pauli. The phrase was allegedly spoken in German before becoming a meme:
Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig; es ist ...
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The meaning of 'belgicare' in Notker Balbulus
What is the meaning of the obscure verb belgicare or belgico?
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Notker Balbulus of St. Gall (c. 840 to 912) writes this verb in a letter/epistle to a certain Lantbert, wherein Notker defines ...
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A question about the Swedish "bildning"
(In English below.)
Eftersom det inte finns någon korrekt motsvarighet till ordet ”bildning” i engelskan, kan jag bara ställa denna fråga på svenska.
Finns det något latinskt uttryck som motsvarar ”...
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Is urgolius a Latin word, as this Wiktionnaire etymology seems to imply?
I was reading about the French word orgueil recently, and I learned that it derives from the Frankish word *urgōl.
(980, Passion), orgolz, puis (1080, Chanson de Roland) orgoill et (1130, Eneas) ...
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Does Latin have anything like this German syntax? (dative of possession)
German has an interesting dative of possession construction where the possessor goes in the dative but a form of "to be" is not needed. This means that the thing or person being possessed ...
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Mediaeval Latin adopted the Greek word 'grapheus' as '-gravius' (which led to Dutch/German 'graaf/Graf', "count"); where and when did this happen?
Philippa (2003–2009) says about the Dutch word graaf, "count", that it came from Greek grapheus "writer/scribe", through Mediaeval Latin -gravius, "royal administrative ...
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