Gótico hwaiwa y los adverbios interrogativos modales de la familia germánica

Abstract

Got. hwaiwa / Ohg. hwēo are originally compounds of *K u eH 1 + *H 2 eiueH 1 and *K u eH 1 + *H 2 eiui ‘how ever?’ respectively. The first member of these compounds is part of a system reconstructed here as *K u ē(i) [ *K u eH 1 -i, *K u eH 1 i ] - *K u ō(u) [ *K u eH 3 -u, *K u eH 3 u ], which appears in Germ. interrogative model adverbs. The second member consist of two lengthened forms of the root *H 2 eiu- ‘(life)-time’ and has cognates in Germ. and Greek. So, *H 2 eiueH 1 > Got. -aiwa , Oic. aeva , Ags. āwa , Gr. tar. αἰἡ, lac. ἀἡ, and *H 2 eiui > Got. aiw , Oic. ae, ey , Ohg. -ēo , Gr. eol. ἀίϊ.