Thing. Efectos de la circulación de ideas en la semántica de un término de las lenguas germánicas tempranas
Santiago Barreiro
The aim of this article is to assess, by contrast with the evolution traceable in Latin languages, semantics Germanic words for things, particular lexical root that lead word and similar terms other languages same family. We survey evidence from earliest through medieval languages. Our hypothesis progressive effect Latinisation affected meaning made it closer those derived res causa. This already partially visible early Frankish Langobardic sources, but becomes clear Carolingian times onwards. main exception, found Old Norse particularly prominent Icelandic (which preserves original sense “assembly”) reinforces view, as represents a society relatively outside institutional cultural core Roman framework.
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