Talk:gastaldus

Niermeyer entry

@JohnC5 You cited Niermeyer in this entry, but I've looked up the entry, and it doesn't occur where it should (somewhere on pages 463–4). What headword were you referring to? — I.S.M.E.T.A. 22:33, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

@I'm so meta even this acronym Aha, yes. It is under “castaldio, castaldius, castaldus.” I edited this in conjunction with castaldus. —JohnC5 22:42, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

@JohnC5: Unfortunately, the entirety of that entry is just “castaldio, castaldius, castaldus et derivata, v. gastald-.” which is the equivalent of a mere {{alternative spelling of}} entry here… — I.S.M.E.T.A. 09:38, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

@JohnC5: Oh, wait a sec, “gastaldius” on page 463/2 begins “gastaldius, cast-, -aldeus, -aldehus, -aldus, -allus[,] -aldio (genet. -onis) (germ.): […]” (underlining my emphasis) and two of that entry's quotations read “Ego E. in civitate gastaldus.” and “Regis satellites et gastaldi Angliam spoliabant.”, so that settles it; I'll edit the reference to cite “gastaldius”. — I.S.M.E.T.A. 09:48, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

Gothic

@JohnC5 Why do we consider this derived from Gothic as opposed to, say, Lombardic? — Mnemosientje (t · c) 14:14, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

@Mnemosientje: An interesting question. I suppose because we know more about Gothic and have a related form attested. I don't have a strong opinion about this, however. —*i̯óh₁n̥C^[5] 00:41, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

@JohnC5: I've reworded the etymology somewhat. I think Lombardic is chronologically the likelier candidate, but too lazy to check the literature rn. — Mnemosientje (t · c) 12:23, 20 September 2019 (UTC)