Talk:𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰

n-stem?
The two entries state that they are attested only in the dative singular. But that form is ambiguous as to whether it's an an-stem or an a-stem. Given that a-stem forms are much more frequent in West Germanic, do you think the Gothic form could be one, too? —Rua (mew) 09:53, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Good question. Given the -j- suffix, almost certainly belongs to an an-stem lemma (see ).  could technically speaking go both ways, but an an-stem noun makes more sense: agent nouns are very often weak in Gothic and the combination ga- + ... + -a in particular has a lot of precedent. Compare such formations as, ,  and . In contrast, Category:Gothic a-stem nouns contains no agent nouns with ga-. Therefore I followed the lead of Köbler and Lehmann, who both suppose an an-stem nom. sg. form. — Mnemosientje (t · c) 08:57, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I wonder why the West Germanic languages went in such a different direction then. Reconstructing a common origin is proving to be a problem. —Rua (mew) 09:31, 6 July 2020 (UTC)