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in reply to a message by Mike C
Long-time lurker here, just made an account to say what an update this is! Really appreciate your efforts.
One small error that caught my eye were the six Germanic names beginning with Segi- and Welja-; it is believed that Early Proto-Germanic short E, when followed by I or J in the next syllable, would become I in Late Proto-Germanic, yielding the usually-reconstructed Sigi- and Wilja- spellings.
It's a bit of a nitpick, but I've been doing quite a lot of reading on Proto-Germanic lately and my name's William, so Welja-/Wiljahelmaz was the first place my eyes went! XD
Edit: Forgive me if this is the wrong place to mention this! I'm still very new here.
One small error that caught my eye were the six Germanic names beginning with Segi- and Welja-; it is believed that Early Proto-Germanic short E, when followed by I or J in the next syllable, would become I in Late Proto-Germanic, yielding the usually-reconstructed Sigi- and Wilja- spellings.
It's a bit of a nitpick, but I've been doing quite a lot of reading on Proto-Germanic lately and my name's William, so Welja-/Wiljahelmaz was the first place my eyes went! XD
Edit: Forgive me if this is the wrong place to mention this! I'm still very new here.
This message was edited 2/25/2023, 12:20 AM
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Thank you, I saw the corrections you submitted and will look into the best spellings of these proto-names for the next update.
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