Vol. 67:2 (2014) ► pp.131–147
Blood, blessing and sacrifice in Germanic and beyond
Here, Hamp’s (1980) etymology of Gmc. *blōđ- ‘blood’ from a participial adjective *bhlō-tó-m ‘gushed, spurted’ from a State II *bhleh3 - that was left behind after the deletion of its head noun is accepted and reiterated. It is then shown that Gmc. *blōđ- ‘blood’ and blōtan ‘to worship, reverence, honor, (blood) sacrifice’ are not related and that the latter ultimately derives from an IE *-bhleh3 -d- reflected in Gk. έφλαδον. Along the way, etymologies for most IE terms for ‘blood’ are critiqued. Various procedures for blood sacrifices in a variety of cultures are then examined, and finally the light these rites may shed on the contents of early Germanic sacrifices is considered.
https://doi.org/10.1075/nowele.67.2.01mar
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