Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs 2

[eldin raigmore]

Does it mean the delimitation of electoral constituencies? (i.e. 'redistricting', 'determination of seat boundaries', etc)

Very, very close! welledges is indeed "electoral constituencies/districts". teketting has decidedly negative connotations, however.

Gerrymandering?

[Salmoneus]

Is it specifically gerrymandering?

EDIT: oh, beaten to it. Knew I should have suggested it in my last post...

[eldin raigmore]

Is it specifically gerrymandering?

EDIT: oh, beaten to it. Knew I should have suggested it in my last post...

You can have it! Only 54 minutes difference; just luck in my opinion.

[zyma]

Gerrymandering?

Is it specifically gerrymandering?

Yes! Something like "the butchering of electoral district boundaries".

[Salmoneus]

Is it specifically gerrymandering?

EDIT: oh, beaten to it. Knew I should have suggested it in my last post...

You can have it! Only 54 minutes difference; just luck in my opinion.

Oh no, you take it. It'll teach me to be bolder next time.

[unless you genuinely don't want a turn right now, in which case I can take it for you]

[eldin raigmore]

Is it specifically gerrymandering?

EDIT: oh, beaten to it. Knew I should have suggested it in my last post...

You can have it! Only 54 minutes difference; just luck in my opinion.

Oh no, you take it. It'll teach me to be bolder next time.

[unless you genuinely don't want a turn right now, in which case I can take it for you]

I think you deserve it because I wouldn’t have gotten it without shimobataar’s broad hint in reply to your very accurate last guess.

But also; I genuinely am not prepared to take a turn right now.
So I think I’d like you to continue the fun!

[Salmoneus]

Is it specifically gerrymandering?

EDIT: oh, beaten to it. Knew I should have suggested it in my last post...

You can have it! Only 54 minutes difference; just luck in my opinion.

Oh no, you take it. It'll teach me to be bolder next time.

[unless you genuinely don't want a turn right now, in which case I can take it for you]

I think you deserve it because I wouldn’t have gotten it without shimobataar’s broad hint in reply to your very accurate last guess.

But also; I genuinely am not prepared to take a turn right now.
So I think I’d like you to continue the fun!

Thank you.

Unfortunately I don't have a good word to hand, but I'll rummage something up hopefully relatively soon...

[zyma]

Unfortunately I don't have a good word to hand, but I'll rummage something up hopefully relatively soon...

No worries, of course! Take as much time as you need.

[Salmoneus]

Update: I've remembered about this again!

Will get back onto it!

[Backstroke_Italics]

You could pretty much pick any random word in Old Wentish, since the sound changes aren't published.

[Salmoneus]

Sure, but the sound changes to Old Wenthish are also almost all really obvious, so that most OW words are fairly transparent to speakers of Germanic languages. [some random words: snúta (snout); sittena (sit); meolc (milk); etc]. I want to find something that isn't so immediately obvious, without just being a loanword. It also doesn't help that I'm in the middle of (read: gotten distracted from) updating the existing lexicon.


So I've gone with a modern Wenthish word. It's not a great one, I'm afraid, and it's probably not going to be easy - ideally I'd go with something where you take a while to work it out and then kick yourself afterward, but this isn't one of those, I don't think. Nonetheless, it has a few interesting features, so, why not:

rą́ngongblądha

[qwed117]

can it be divided at least into *rą́ngong+*blądha, and is the latter element (in this division, lattermost in some other) derived from either *blandijana or *blandana?

[Salmoneus]

can it be divided at least into *rą́ngong+*blądha,

Yes.

and is the latter element (in this division, lattermost in some other) derived from either *blandijana or *blandana?

No.

[Creyeditor]

Can rą́ngong be further subdivided?

[qwed117]

Just to clarify, does <ą> represent something that developed in part from a nasal segment? Also, did the origin of *blądha begin with a *b in Proto-Germanic?

[Salmoneus]

Can rą́ngong be further subdivided?

Yes, it can be

[Salmoneus]

Just to clarify, does <ą> represent something that developed in part from a nasal segment?

I'm afraid not, no. It can sometimes develop from a nasalised vowel or a vowel before a nasal in some circumstances, but neither explains its presence here.
[orthographical tangent: the 'ogonek' here is actually by analogy with the ogoneked forms of <e> and <o>, which, as in Norse, in turn derive from a visual blend of that vowel with <a>. The extended tail was then analogically extended back to <a> itself]

FWIW, the acute accent indicates length, and a-ogonek-acute indicates back /A:/. a-ogonek-in-open-syllable may indicate exactly the same thing, or may indicate /V:/, I'm not sure which yet.

Also, did the origin of *blądha begin with a *b in Proto-Germanic?

It did, yes.

[Creyeditor]

Can rą́ngong be further subdivided?

Yes, it can be

Is the correct way rą́n-gong?

[qwed117]

Does *blądha originate in *bladą, and if not that then, blauþijaną?

[Salmoneus]

Can rą́ngong be further subdivided?

Yes, it can be

Is the correct way rą́n-gong?

I'm afraid not.