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spanick wrote: 17 Nov 2018 17:01 Ah....does it come from a declined form of *aigin? Maybe genitive or plural?
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Does the <í> derive from a PG diphthong or a short vowel that has lengthened?
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spanick wrote: 17 Nov 2018 20:13 Does the <í> derive from a PG diphthong or a short vowel that has lengthened?
A short vowel.
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shimobaatar wrote: 17 Nov 2018 20:17
spanick wrote: 17 Nov 2018 20:13 Does the <í> derive from a PG diphthong or a short vowel that has lengthened?
A short vowel.
Was that short vowel *i?
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spanick wrote: 17 Nov 2018 20:17
shimobaatar wrote: 17 Nov 2018 20:17
spanick wrote: 17 Nov 2018 20:13 Does the <í> derive from a PG diphthong or a short vowel that has lengthened?
A short vowel.
Was that short vowel *i?
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Barbed hedgehog? Which could just be an alternative name for a hedgehog or could mean porcupine, I'm guessing.
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spanick wrote: 17 Nov 2018 20:22 Barbed hedgehog? Which could just be an alternative name for a hedgehog or could mean porcupine, I'm guessing.
I'm tempted to give it to you, since the literal translation I had in mind was "spiny hedgehog" (not to imply hedgehogs don't have their own spines to begin with), and it does refer to an animal that resembles a hedgehog, at least superficially (although not a porcupine).

However, I want to see if you can guess the particular animal, or type of animal, I had in mind. As a hint, this word would have been coined within the past few centuries.
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shimobaatar wrote: 17 Nov 2018 20:32
spanick wrote: 17 Nov 2018 20:22 Barbed hedgehog? Which could just be an alternative name for a hedgehog or could mean porcupine, I'm guessing.
I'm tempted to give it to you, since the literal translation I had in mind was "spiny hedgehog" (not to imply hedgehogs don't have their own spines to begin with), and it does refer to an animal that resembles a hedgehog, at least superficially (although not a porcupine).

However, I want to see if you can guess the particular animal, or type of animal, I had in mind. As a hint, this word would have been coined within the past few centuries.
So, I'm guessing that means it's a new world animal. I had to do some searching but I'm gonna guessing it means echidna?
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spanick wrote: 18 Nov 2018 02:15 So, I'm guessing that means it's a new world animal. I had to do some searching but I'm gonna guessing it means echidna?
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shimobaatar wrote: 18 Nov 2018 02:20
spanick wrote: 18 Nov 2018 02:15 So, I'm guessing that means it's a new world animal. I had to do some searching but I'm gonna guessing it means echidna?
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Great word. Give me a day to come up with something.
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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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Gotski
абскацан
/abskat͡san/
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spanick wrote: 19 Nov 2018 17:32 Gotski
абскачан
/abskat͡ʃan/
Oh, I like the sound of that. My first instinct is that it sounds like a demonym, "Abskachan" or something.

Is it a verb?
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shimobaatar wrote: 19 Nov 2018 19:12
spanick wrote: 19 Nov 2018 17:32 Gotski
абскачан
/abskat͡ʃan/
Is it a verb?
Yes
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Is there a prefix?
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shimobaatar wrote: 19 Nov 2018 23:04 Is there a prefix?
Yes (and it’s a proper prefix this time haha)
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Haha, is it <аб->?
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shimobaatar wrote: 19 Nov 2018 23:10 Haha, is it <аб->?
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Does it carry the connotation of "away (from)"?
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shimobaatar wrote: 19 Nov 2018 23:22 Does it carry the connotation of "away (from)"?
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Did the root begin with *sk- in Proto-Germanic?
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