Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

[Ælfwine]

Thank you, Corph.

The word is гликън [ˈɣliː.kən].

[shimobaatar]

Is it a verb?

[Ælfwine]

Is it a verb?

Nope!

[spanick]

Is the word composed of more than one morpheme?

[Ælfwine]

Is the word composed of more than one morpheme?

Correcto-mungo

[shimobaatar]

Assuming it has one, did the Proto-Germanic ancestor of the initial morpheme begin with a consonant cluster?

[spanick]

Did the word begin with ga- in Proto-Germanic?

[Ælfwine]

Assuming it has one, did the Proto-Germanic ancestor of the initial morpheme begin with a consonant cluster?

Did the word begin with ga- in Proto-Germanic?

[spanick]

Is it an adjective?

[Ælfwine]

Is it an adjective?

[spanick]

Does it mean “like, similar?”

[Ælfwine]

Does it mean “like, similar?”

You are correct. You figured out this pretty quickly. I thought most people would be tripped by the first and last of the morphemes. Yes, the word гликън is related to Biblical Gothic galeiks, Old Norse glíkr, Low German gliek, all from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz. I used the oblique case here as opposed to the nominative.

Now let's see some Sortsbergish!

[spanick]

Does it mean “like, similar?”

You are correct. You figured out this pretty quickly. I thought most people would be tripped by the first and last of the morphemes. Yes, the word гликън is related to Biblical Gothic galeiks, Old Norse glíkr, Low German gliek, all from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz. I used the oblique case here as opposed to the nominative.

Now let's see some Sortsbergish!

I like the way it sounds.

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And yes, I was just thinking that I needed to get back into using Sortbergish. This one was fun to come up with and might be a little challenging, but I have the Old Sortsbergish version ready to go as a hint if need be.

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Sortsbergish

итракостуос
itrakostuos
/iːtraːkostuːos/

[Ælfwine]

Does it mean “like, similar?”

You are correct. You figured out this pretty quickly. I thought most people would be tripped by the first and last of the morphemes. Yes, the word гликън is related to Biblical Gothic galeiks, Old Norse glíkr, Low German gliek, all from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz. I used the oblique case here as opposed to the nominative.

Now let's see some Sortsbergish!

I like the way it sounds.

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And yes, I was just thinking that I needed to get back into using Sortbergish. This one was fun to come up with and might be a little challenging, but I have the Old Sortsbergish version ready to go as a hint if need be.

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Sortsbergish

итракостуос
itrakostuos
/iːtraːkostuːos/

That looks positively Greek! Could it be a noun?

[spanick]

That looks positively Greek! Could it be a noun?

[spanick]

Is a hint needed?

[shimobaatar]

Oh sorry, I didn't see this.

Is it a compound?

[spanick]

Is it a compound?

Yes

[shimobaatar]

Is the compound made up of more than two elements (not counting inflectional endings, etc.)?

[spanick]

Is the compound made up of more than two elements (not counting inflectional endings, etc.)?

Yes