This is the word for the north-east, and is derived from the stem –þīñ– “path”.
4 Replies to “jaþīñien”
Why “path”? Quite a specific etymology for “northeast”. It leads me to believe there’s a story we’re missing.
Yes. The details of the story are lost in the mists of time, but it probably has something to do with the not-quite-a-deity LÄjaþiñ or maybe once upon a time the only major road went that direction.
Heh, heh… Like it!
Yes, that was actually a question I wanted to ask myself. Quite an interesting choice for such a particular direction. I thought of the major road idea, it reminds me of the Roman roads the Cardo and Decumanus, which were north-south and east-west respectively. Was that your aim?
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Why “path”? Quite a specific etymology for “northeast”. It leads me to believe there’s a story we’re missing.
Yes. The details of the story are lost in the mists of time, but it probably has something to do with the not-quite-a-deity LÄjaþiñ or maybe once upon a time the only major road went that direction.
Heh, heh… Like it!
Yes, that was actually a question I wanted to ask myself. Quite an interesting choice for such a particular direction. I thought of the major road idea, it reminds me of the Roman roads the Cardo and Decumanus, which were north-south and east-west respectively. Was that your aim?